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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 → 30 Sep 2022 - Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape (Division)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → 31 Jul 2020
Projects
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- Using individual wearable sensor technology to gain insights into the effects of green and blue space exposure on individual’s physiological and psychological responsesFrom20 Sep 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- My garden lab 2.0From20 Jun 2023 → TodayFunding: Department of Environment
- Efficient deep learning workflows and novel neural network architecture for transforming remote sensing data into geo-indicatorsFrom12 Jun 2023 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Deepfaking ecosystem response to climate extremesFrom1 Dec 2022 → TodayFunding: BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)
- Remote sensing based comparison of ecosystem functions of managed versus unmanaged forests in EuropeFrom25 Aug 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Science-based INtegrated FORest Mitigation mAnagement made operational for EuropeFrom1 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
- Green space in relation to human health: assessing the impact of improved green exposure indicators on multiple health outcomes in FlandersFrom1 Apr 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant, BOF - doctoral mandates
- Designing a toolset for activating citizens as stewards of climate proof gardeningFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Assessing critical thresholds of tropical ecosystems integrity using water content estimated from field and microwave remote sensing dataFrom1 Jan 2022 → TodayFunding: International Cooperation and Mobility
- Unlocking the climate change mitigation and adaptation potential of domestic gardensFrom6 Dec 2021 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Integrating citizen science and multispectral satellite data for multiscale habitat management(2024)
Authors: Camille Van Eupen, Ben Somers
Pages: 1479 - 1501 - Wetness severity increases abrupt shifts in ecosystem functioning in arid savannas(2024)
Authors: Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Ben Somers, Bruno Verbist, Paulo Negri Bernardino
- Maximising runoff retention by vegetated landscape elements positioned through spatial optimisation(2024)
Authors: Ine Rosier, Jan Diels, Ben Somers, Jos Van Orshoven
- Estimating vegetation water content from Sentinel-1 C-band SAR data over savanna and grassland ecosystems(2024)
Authors: Paulo Negri Bernardino, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Ben Somers
- Automatic labeling to overcome the limitations of deep learning in applications with insufficient training data: A case study on fruit detection in pear orchards(2023)
Authors: Ben Somers
- Towards a spatial planning approach for vegetated landscape elements – Flood hazard mitigation in agricultural watersheds(2023)
Authors: Ine Rosier, Jos Van Orshoven, Ben Somers, Jan Diels
- Assessment of the impact of local climate zones on fine dust concentrations: A case study from Hanoi, Vietnam(2023)
Authors: Vu Giang Nguyen, Ben Somers, Bruno Verbist
- From BioCities to BioRegions and Back: Transforming Urban–Rural Relationships(2023)
Authors: Bart Muys, Eirini Skrimizea, Pieter Van den Broeck, Constanza Parra Novoa, Ben Somers, Koenraad Van Meerbeek
Pages: 239 - 263 - Integrating opportunistic citizen science data and species distribution models for biodiversity conservation policy and management(2023)
Authors: Camille Van Eupen, Ben Somers
- Supervised Classification of Tree Cover Classes in the Complex Mosaic Landscape of Eastern Rwanda(2023)
Authors: Valens Uwizeyimana, Ben Somers, Bart Muys, Bruno Verbist
Linked dataset
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- Replication Data for: Quality control and correction method for air temperature data from a citizen science weather station network in Leuven, Belgium (Creator)
- Climatic legacy effects on the drought response of the Amazon rainforest (Creator)
- The impact of data quality filtering of opportunistic citizen science data on species distribution model performance: dataset used for Maxent modelling. (Creator)