< Back to previous page
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
21 - 30 of 69
- 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, FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- 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)
- Spatial inequality of urban vegetation distributionFrom24 Sep 2020 → 23 Nov 2021Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Deep Learning image processing for crop managementFrom21 Aug 2020 → 15 Mar 2023Funding: VITO (Flemish Institute for Technological Research)
- Analysing the impact of head-end/tail-end effect on the performance of large irrigation schemesFrom14 May 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- The impact of repeated droughts on the stability of the Amazon forestFrom1 Apr 2020 → 1 Apr 2024Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- SAF ADAPTFrom2 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: Department General Affairs and Finance
- Assessing the impact of canopy trait diversity on the drought response of Peruvian tropical forests.From1 Jan 2020 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- Field-scale CFD modeling of spray application in orchardsFrom23 Oct 2019 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Developing a generic framework for library based multi-site mapping of urban areas.From1 Sep 2019 → 30 Nov 2021Funding: STEREO III (Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)
Publications
1 - 10 of 208
- 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