Ruben Van De Kerchove

Education

Ruben Van De Kerchove (°1985, Bruges) is research assistant at the Department of Geography and holds a Master's degree in Geography (Ghent University). His PhD research is funded by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen) and deals with permafrost monitoring and modeling in the Russian Altay Mountains by means of numerical models, field experiments and remote sensing data.

Publications

• Van De Kerchove, R., Lhermitte, S., Veraverbeke, S., Goossens, R. (2011) Spatio-temporal variability in remotely sensed Land Surface Temperature, and its relationship with physiographic variables in the Russian Altay Mountains. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, in review
• Veraverbeke, S., Verstraeten, W.W., Lhermitte, S., Van De Kerchove, R., Goossens, R. (2011). Spaceborne assessment of post-fire changes in vegetation, land surface temperature and surface albedo. International Journal of Wildland Fire, in review.