Researcher
Ben Somers
- Disciplines:Physical geography and environmental geoscience, Ecology, Environmental science and management, Other environmental sciences, Landscape architecture, Communications technology, Geomatic engineering, Forestry sciences, Art studies and sciences
Affiliations
- Forest, Nature and Landscape (Division)
Member
From1 Aug 2020 → Today - Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
1 - 10 of 54 results
- Looking through the clouds or fly below? Developing a flexible drone platform for detection, monitoring and mapping at KU LeuvenFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Deep learning for environmental monitoring by transforming earth observation data into geo-indicatorsFrom7 Dec 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Validation Flemish garden mapFrom2 Nov 2020 → 30 Apr 2021Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The effect of urban green and blue on mitigating urban heat islands and improving thermal comfort: a case-study in Leuven, BelgiumFrom1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Climate change adaptation and alien invasive speciesFrom13 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Modelling the effect of climate change and anthropogenic factors on Fynbos health and functioning using remote sensingFrom5 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Spatio-temporal deep learning workflows for transforming remote sensing data into geo-indicators for environmental policy supportFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO)
- Assessing and predicting the impacts of extreme weather on vigour and productivity of apple and pear orchards in FlandersFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Spatial inequality of urban vegetation distributionFrom24 Sep 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Deep Learning image processing for crop managementFrom21 Aug 2020 → TodayFunding: VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research)
Publications
1 - 10 of 155 results
- Exposure to green space and pollen allergy symptom severity: A case-crossover study in Belgium(2021)
Authors: Michiel Stas, Raf Aerts, Marijke Hendricks, Andy Delcloo, Nicolas Dendoncker, Sebastien Dujardin, Catherine Linard, Tim Nawrot, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Jean-Marie Aerts, et al.
Number of pages: 10 - The impact of data quality filtering of opportunistic citizen science data on species distribution model performance(2021)
Authors: Camille Van Eupen, Dirk Maes, Marc Herremans, Kristijn Swinnen, Ben Somers, Stijn Luca
Number of pages: 11 - Association between local airborne tree pollen composition and surrounding land cover across different spatial scales in Northern Belgium(2021)
Authors: Michiel Stas, Raf Aerts, Marijke Hendrickx, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Nicolas Dendoncker, Lucie Hoebeke, Catherine Linard, Tim S Nawrot, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Jean-Marie Aerts, et al.
Number of pages: 10 - Residential green space types, allergy symptoms and mental health in a cohort of tree pollen allergy patients(2021)
Authors: Michiel Stas, Raf Aerts, Marijke Hendrickx, Nicolas Dendoncker, Sebastien Dujardin, Catherine Linard, Tim S Nawrot, An Van Nieuwenhuyse, Jean-Marie Aerts, Jos Van Orshoven, et al.
Number of pages: 10 - A combination of climate, tree diversity and local human disturbance determine the stability of dry Afromontane forests(2021)
Authors: Hadgu Hishe Teferi, Louis Oosterlynck, Kidane Giday, Wanda De Keersmaecker, Ben Somers, Bart Muys
Number of pages: 16 - Het STEM-pakket van Mijn Tuinlab; Een lessenpakket over het belang van tuinen en hun ecosysteemdiensten voor leerlingen secundair onderwijs(2021)
Authors: Pieterjan De Geest, Lieselot Vandenhoute, Bram Valkenborg, Ben Somers, Thérèse Steenberghen, Anna Steegen
Pages: 11 - 16 - Spectrally defined plant functional types adequately capture multidimensional trait variation in herbaceous communities.(2021)
Authors: Elisa Van Cleemput, Kenny Helsen, Hannes Feilhauer, Olivier Honnay, Ben Somers
Number of pages: 11 - Health effects of exposure to green space, airborne pollen and air pollution A mobile health study on adults with tree pollen allergy(2020)
Authors: Michiel Stas, Ben Somers, Jean-Marie Aerts, Jos Van Orshoven
- Tree pollen allergy risks and changes across scenarios in urban green spaces in Brussels, Belgium(2020)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Nicolas Bruffaerts, Ben Somers, Claire Demoury, Michelle Plusquin, Tim Nawrot, Marijke Hendrickx
Number of pages: 9 - Unmixing-based Sentinel-2 downscaling for urban land cover mapping(2020)
Authors: Fei Xu, Ben Somers
Pages: 133 - 154