Staff directory

Benoît Smets

Earth Sciences
Natural hazards
  • Smittarello, D.,  Smets, B.,  Barrière, J.,  Michellier, C.,  Oth, A.,  Schreve, T.,  Grandin, R.,  Theys, N.,  Brenot, H.,  Cayol, V.,  Allard, P.,  Caudron, C.,  Chevrel, M.O.,  Darchambeau, F.,  de Buyl, P.,  Delhaye, L.,  Derauw, D.,  Ganci, G.,  Geirsson, H.,  Kamate Kaleghetso, E.,  Kambale Nguomoja, I.,  Kasereka Mahinda, C.,  Kervyn, M.,  Kimanuka Ruriho, C.,  Le Mével, H.,  Molendijk, S.,  Namur, O.,  Poppe, S.,  Schmid, M.,  Subira, J.,  Wauthier, C.,  Yalire, M.M.,  d'Oreye, N.,  Kervyn, F. & Syavulisembo Muhindo, A. 2022. ‘Precursor-free eruption triggered by edifice rupture at Nyiragongo volcano’. Nature 609(7925): 83-88. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05047-8. URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05047-8  I.F. 69.504.
  • Dille, A.Dewitte, O.,  Handwerger, A.L.,  d’Oreye, N.,  Derauw, D.,  Ganza Bamulezi, G.,  Ilombe Mawe, G.,  Michellier, C.Moeyersons, J.Monsieurs, E.Mugaruka Bibentyo, T.,  Samsonov, S.,  Smets, B.,  Kervyn, M. & Kervyn, F. 2022. ‘Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks’. Nature Geoscience 15: 1048–1055. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01073-3. URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-022-01073-3  I.F. 18.3.
  • Theys, N.,  Brenot, H.,  De Smedt, I.,  Lerot, C.,  Hedelt, P.,  Loyola, D.,  Vlietinck, J.,  Yu, H.,  Smets, B.Kervyn, F.,  Barrière, J.,  Oth, A.,  d'Oreye, N. & Van Roozendael, M. 2021. ‘Global Monitoring of Volcanic SO2 Degassing Using Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI’. 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 1911-1914. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554664. URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9554664  (PR).
  • Delhaye, L. & Smets, B. 2021. ‘Time-Series in Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry: Testing Co-Registration Approaches for Topographic Change Analysis’. 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 4648-4651. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553796. URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9553796  (PR).
  • Mboga, N.,  D’Aronco, S.,  Grippa, T.,  Pelletier, C.,  Georganos, S.,  Vanhuysse, S.,  Wolff, E.,  Smets, B. & Dewitte, O. 2021. ‘Domain adaptation for semantic segmentation of historical panchromatic orthomosaics in Central Africa’. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10: 523. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080523 .  I.F. 3.099.
  • Depicker, A.,  Jacobs, L.,  Mboga, N.,  Smets, B.,  Van Rompaey, A.,  Lennert, M.,  Wolff, E.,  Kervyn, F.Michellier, C.Dewitte, O. & Govers, G. 2021. ‘Historical dynamics of landslide risk from population and forest-cover changes in the Kivu Rift’. Nature Sustainability 4: 965-974. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00757-9 .  I.F. 27.157.
  • Mboga, N.,  Grippa, T.,  Georganos, S.,  Vanhuysse, S.,  Smets, B.Dewitte, O.,  Wolff, E. & Lennert, M. 2020. ‘Fully convolutional networks for land cover classification from historical panchromatic aerial photographs’. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 167: 385-395. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.07.005. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924271620301921  I.F. 7.319.
  • James, M.R.,  Carr, B.,  D'Arcy, F.,  Diefenbach, A.,  Diettrich, H.,  Fornaciai, A.,  Lev, E.,  Liu, E.,  Pieri, D.,  Rodgers, M.,  Smets, B.,  Terada, A.,  von Aulock, F.,  Walter, T.,  Wood, K. & Zorn, E. 2020. ‘Volcanological applications of unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS): Developments, strategies, and future challenges’. Volcanica 3 (1): 67-114. DOI: 10.30909/vol.03.01.67114. URL: https://www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/volcanica/article/view/48  (PR).
  • Morrison, A.A.,  Whittington, A.,  Smets, B.,  Kervyn, M. & Sehlke, A. 2020. ‘The Rheology of Crystallizing basaltic lavas from Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira volcanoes, DRC’. Volcanica 3 (1): 1-28. DOI: 10.30909/vol.03.01.0128. URL: https://www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/volcanica/article/view/35  (PR).
  • Barrière, J.,  d'Oreye, N.,  Oth, A.,  Theys, N.,  Mashagiro, N.,  Subira, J.,  Kervyn, F. & Smets, B. 2019. ‘Seismicity and outgassing dynamics of Nyiragongo volcano’. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 528: 115821. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115821. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X19305138  I.F. 4.637.