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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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- Health effects of exposure to green space, airborne pollen and air pollution A mobile health study on adults with tree pollen allergyFrom16 Sep 2016 → 11 Dec 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Pre-study to develop a UAV-based monitoring tool for flowering intensity in strawberry.From1 Jun 2016 → 30 Nov 2016Funding: STEREO III (Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)
- High-throughput field phenotyping using a drone with RGB imagery. Exploiting the spectral, spatial and temporal dimensionsFrom12 May 2016 → 10 Nov 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- WAter MAnagement and urban DEvelopment in Ha Tinh in relation to climate change (WAMADE)From13 Mar 2016 → 31 Dec 2019Funding: VLIR-UOS TEAM
- Development of a new method to predict ecosystem changes based on plant optical typesFrom1 Feb 2016 → 27 Apr 2020Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Assessing spatio-temporal relationships between respiratory health and biodiversity using individual wearable technologyFrom15 Dec 2015 → 15 Mar 2021Funding: BRAIN-be(Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks)
- Plant Optical Types to Predict Ecosystem Impacts of Plant Invasions.From1 Dec 2015 → 31 May 2020Funding: STEREO III (Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)
- The Garden Monitor - integrating remote sensing and crowd sourcing technology.From1 Dec 2015 → 29 May 2016Funding: STEREO III (Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)
- Remote sensing image processing algorithms for land use and land cover monitoring systemsFrom1 Nov 2015 → 29 Apr 2016Funding: STEREO III (Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)
- Characterizing and understanding grassland ecosystem functioning. From functional to optical plant traitsFrom1 Nov 2015 → 18 Dec 2019Funding: 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