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Ben Somers

KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research

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Scholarly Papers (6)

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1.

Cooling efficiency of urban green spaces affected by heat, humidity and solar radiation

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 02 Jan 2026
Eva Beele, Raf Aerts, Maarten Reyniers, Nicole Van Lipzig and Ben Somers
KU Leuven, Sciensano, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, KU Leuven and KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research
Downloads 86 (816,709)

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Urban green spaces, cooling efficiency, heat intensity, humidity, Soil moisture, solar radiation

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Assessment of the Impact of Local Climate Zones on Fine Dust Concentrations: A Case Study from Hanoi, Vietnam

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Dec 2022
Leen Brusseleers, Giang Vu Nguyen, Kim Chi Vu, Han Huy Dung, Ben Somers and Bruno Verbist
KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research, KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research, Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi University of Science and Technology, KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research and KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research
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air pollution, Fine dust, low cost sensors, urban morphology, local climate zones

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Heat Exposure, Urban Green Space and Human Heat Stress: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study in Belgium

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Jul 2024
Eva Beele, Raf Aerts, Maarten Reyniers and Ben Somers
KU Leuven, Sciensano, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium and KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research
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Urban climate, Thermal comfort, Urban green space, Environmental epidemiology, Perceived stress

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Multiple Associations between Socioeconomic Disparities and Green Space Exposure: An Ecological Study of the 3+30+300 Rule

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Mar 2025
Melissa Kelley Lee, Eline Rega, Maarten Loopmans, Martina Otavova, Jos Van Orshoven, Raf Aerts and Ben Somers
KU Leuven, KU Leuven, KU Leuven, affiliation not provided to SSRN, KU Leuven, Sciensano and KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research
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visible green, available green, accessible green, deprivation, environmental inequity

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Hyperspectral Response of Agronomic Variables of Wheat-Like Canopies to Background Optical Variability

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Mar 2022
Lin Gao, Roshanak Darvishzadeh, Ben Somers, Brian Alan Johnson, Yu Wang, Jochem Verrelst, Xiaofei Wang and Clement Atzberger
Shandong Normal University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Henan Polytechnic University, University of Valencia - Image Processing Laboratory, Shandong Normal University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Hyperspectral response, Sensitivity analysis, leaf chlorophyll content, leaf area index, Soil type, Non-photosynthetic vegetation

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Ecuadorian Amazon Forest’s state assessment through different protection strategies

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Mar 2026
Fernando Troya, Paulo Negri Bernardino and Ben Somers
KU Leuven, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and KU Leuven - Division Forest, Nature and Landscape Research
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Amazon forest, vegetation greeness, forest protection, indigenous territories, remote sensing, net primary productivity