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Alternative Title:
Earth Interact
Personal Author:
Steinhoff, Daniel F.; Monaghan, Andrew J.; Eisen, Lars; Barlage, Michael J.; Hopson, Thomas M.; ... More +
Steinhoff, Daniel F.; Monaghan, Andrew J.; Eisen, Lars; Barlage, Michael J.; Hopson, Thomas M.; Tarakidzwa, Isaac; Ortiz-Rosario, Karielys; Lozano-Fuentes, Saul; Hayden, Mary H.; Bieringer, Paul E.; Welsh Rodríguez, Carlos M.; Less -
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The mosquito virus vector | (|) | exploits a wide range of containers as sites for egg laying and development of the immature life stages, yet the approaches for modeling meteorologically sensitive container water dynamics have been limited. This study introduces the Water Height and Temperature in Container Habitats Energy Model (WHATCH'EM), a state-of-the-science, physically based energy balance model of water height and temperature in containers that may serve as development sites for mosquitoes. The authors employ WHATCH'EM to model container water dynamics in three cities along a climatic gradient in México ranging from sea level, where | is highly abundant, to ~2100 m, where | is rarely found. When compared with measurements from a 1-month field experiment in two of these cities during summer 2013, WHATCH'EM realistically simulates the daily mean and range of water temperature for a variety of containers. To examine container dynamics for an entire season, WHATCH'EM is also driven with field-derived meteorological data from May to September 2011 and evaluated for three commonly encountered container types. WHATCH'EM simulates the highly nonlinear manner in which air temperature, humidity, rainfall, clouds, and container characteristics (shape, size, and color) determine water temperature and height. Sunlight exposure, modulated by clouds and shading from nearby objects, plays a first-order role. In general, simulated water temperatures are higher for containers that are larger, darker, and receive more sunlight. WHATCH'EM simulations will be helpful in understanding the limiting meteorological and container-related factors for proliferation of | and may be useful for informing weather-driven early warning systems for viruses transmitted by |.
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Disease
Energy Budget/balance
Numerical Weather Prediction/forecasting
Summer/warm Season

Source:
Earth Interact. 20;
Pubmed ID:
29123363
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5672950
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States; R01 AI091843/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States;
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States; R01 AI091843/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States; Less -
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CDC Public Access
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