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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
1 - 10 of 69
- 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
21 - 30 of 208
- Pan-European urban green space dynamics: A view from space between 1990 and 2015(2022)
Authors: Fei Xu, Stien Heremans, Ben Somers
- Climatic legacy effects on the drought response of the Amazon rainforest(2022)
Authors: Johanna Van Passel, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Ben Somers
Pages: 5808 - 5819 - Urban treescape analysis using ground-based and airborne remote sensing to support conservation of tree-provided ecosystem services(2022)
Authors: Dengkai Chi, Ben Somers
- Sentinel-Based Adaptation of the Local Climate Zones Framework to a South African Context(2022)
Authors: Janne Teerlinck, Ben Somers, Bruno Verbist
- Residential green space, gardening, and subjective well-being: A cross-sectional study of garden owners in northern Belgium(2022)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Valerie Dewaelheyns, Ben Somers
- Inter-Annual Climate Variability Impact on Oil Palm Mapping(2022)
Authors: Paulo Negri Bernardino, Ben Somers
- Urban land cover mapping based on medium spatial resolution multispectral satellite imagery(2022)
Authors: Fei Xu, Ben Somers
- Residential exposure to urban trees and medication sales for mood disorders and cardiovascular disease in Brussels, Belgium: an ecological study(2022)
Authors: Dengkai Chi, Raf Aerts, Tim Nawrot, Ben Somers
- Species profiles support recommendations for quality filtering of opportunistic citizen science data(2022)
Authors: Camille Van Eupen, Ben Somers, Stijn Luca
- Residential green space, gardening, and subjective well-being: A cross-sectional study of garden owners in northern Belgium(2022)
Authors: Raf Aerts, Valerie Dewaelheyns, Ben Somers
Linked dataset
1 - 3 of 3
- 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)