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Environmental Sciences
Israel
2023

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
48
Citations
8470
World Ranking
4241
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Noam Levin is a researcher affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. The primary focus of their work lies within Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Environmental Engineering.

Levin's research covers a variety of topics that include:

  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

The scientist has contributed papers to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Remote Sensing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Ocean & Coastal Management

Some of the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Levin include:

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Monitoring hourly night-time light by an unmanned aerial vehicle and its implications to satellite remote sensing (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Accelerated shifts in terrestrial life zones under rapid climate change (2021), published in Global Change Biology
  • Analyzing spatial variability in night-time lights using a high spatial resolution color Jilin-1 image - Jerusalem as a case study (2020), published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Spatial and temporal assessment of oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea (2021), published in Marine Pollution Bulletin

Levin frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Salit Kark
  • Ariel Mordechai Meroz
  • He Yin
  • Edna Guk
  • Avi Bar-Massada

Best Publications

  • Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

    Noam Levin;Noam Levin;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Qingling Zhang;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel

  • Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: Recent advances and open challenges

    Duccio Rocchini;Niko Balkenhol;Gregory A. Carter;Giles M. Foody

  • Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

    Roberto Danovaro;Emanuela Fanelli;Jacopo Aguzzi;David Billett

  • High spatial resolution night-time light images for demographic and socio-economic studies

    Noam Levin;Yishai Duke

  • Between-country collaboration and consideration of costs increase conservation planning efficiency in the Mediterranean Basin

    Salit Kark;Noam Levin;Hedley S. Grantham;Hugh P. Possingham

  • A global analysis of factors controlling VIIRS nighttime light levels from densely populated areas

    Noam Levin;Noam Levin;Qingling Zhang

  • Predicting mountain plant richness and rarity from space using satellite-derived vegetation indices

    Noam Levin;Noam Levin;Avi Shmida;Oded Levanoni;Hagit Tamari

  • Remote sensing and spatial analysis of aeolian sand dunes: A review and outlook

    Chris H. Hugenholtz;Chris H. Hugenholtz;Noam Levin;Thomas E. Barchyn;Matthew C. Baddock

  • Cross-boundary collaboration: key to the conservation puzzle

    Salit Kark;Ayesha I T Tulloch;Ascelin Gordon;Tessa Mazor

  • The impact of seasonal changes on observed nighttime brightness from 2014 to 2015 monthly VIIRS DNB composites

    Noam Levin

  • A spectral based recognition of the urban environment using the visible and near-infrared spectral region (0.4-1.1 μm). A case study over Tel-Aviv, Israel

    E. Ben-Dor;N. Levin;H. Saaroni

  • A digital camera as a tool to measure colour indices and related properties of sandy soils in semi‐arid environments

    N. Levin;E. Ben-Dor;A. Singer

  • Setting Priorities for Regional Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean Sea

    Fiorenza Micheli;Noam Levin;Sylvaine Giakoumi;Stelios Katsanevakis

  • Monitoring sand dune stabilization along the coastal dunes of Ashdod-Nizanim, Israel, 1945-1999.

    N. Levin;E. Ben-Dor

  • An evaluation of crowdsourced information for assessing the visitation and perceived importance of protected areas

    Noam Levin;Noam Levin;Alex Mark Lechner;Alex Mark Lechner;Greg Brown;Greg Brown

  • The effect of climate change on the mobility and stability of coastal sand dunes in Ceará State (NE Brazil)

    Haim Tsoar;Noam Levin;Naomi Porat;Luis P. Maia

  • Accurate prediction of bird species richness patterns in an urban environment using Landsat-derived NDVI and spectral unmixing

    G. Bino;N. Levin;S. Darawshi;N. Van Der Hal

  • Quantitative mapping of the soil rubification process on sand dunes using an airborne hyperspectral sensor

    E. Ben-Dor;N. Levin;A. Singer;A. Karnieli

  • Where have all the people gone? Enhancing global conservation using night lights and social media

    Noam Levin;Noam Levin;Salit Kark;David Crandall

  • Can satellite-based night lights be used for conservation? The case of nesting sea turtles in the Mediterranean

    Tessa Mazor;Tessa Mazor;Noam Levin;Hugh P. Possingham;Yaniv Levy

Frequent Co-Authors

Salit Kark
Salit Kark University of Queensland
Eyal Ben-Dor
Eyal Ben-Dor Tel Aviv University
Clive McAlpine
Clive McAlpine University of Queensland
David M. Broday
David M. Broday Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Stuart R. Phinn
Stuart R. Phinn University of Queensland
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Giora J. Kidron
Giora J. Kidron Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Marta Coll
Marta Coll Spanish National Research Council
Henry A. Ruhl
Henry A. Ruhl Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Hans J. Herrmann
Hans J. Herrmann ESPCI Paris

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