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  1. High-resolution satellite imagery for determining the interactions between erosion processes and herbaceous vegetation in an arid gullied landscape

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  2. Quantifying the impact of vertical greenery systems (VGS) on Mediterranean urban microclimate during heat wave events

    Article • Building and Environment, October 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  3. Comparing ML Methods for Downscaling Near-Surface Air Temperature over the Eastern Mediterranean

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  4. Residential greenness and lower breast and prostate cancer incidence: Evidence from a retrospective cohort study of 977,644 participants from Israel

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, March 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  5. Toward Precision Agriculture in Outdoor Vertical Greenery Systems (VGS): Monitoring and Early Detection of Stress Events

    Article • Remote Sensing, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  6. Early Detection and Analysis of an Unpredicted Convective Storm over the Negev Desert

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  7. Thermal performance of vertical greenery systems (VGS) in a street canyon: A real-scale long-term experiment

    Article • Building and Environment, August 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  8. Improving WRF-Fire Wildfire Simulation Accuracy Using SAR and Time Series of Satellite-Based Vegetation Indices

    Article • Remote Sensing, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  9. “Residential greenness and site-specific cancer: A registry based cohort of 144,427 participants with a 21-years of follow-up, Tel-Aviv district, Israel”

    Article • Environmental Research, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  10. Ground-truthing predictions of a demographic model driven by land surface temperatures with a weed biocontrol cage experiment

    Article • Ecological Modelling, April 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  11. The Effect of Exposure to Green Walls on State Positive Body Image and Mediation by Feelings

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  12. Optimizing Top Dressing Nitrogen Fertilization Using VENμS and Sentinel-2 L1 Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  13. Atmospheric conditions leading to an exceptional fatal flash flood in the Negev Desert, Israel

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, May 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  14. Using Satellite Data to Optimize Wheat Yield and Quality under Climate Change

    Article • Remote Sensing, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  15. The Impacts of Spatial Resolution, Viewing Angle, and Spectral Vegetation Indices on the Quantification of Woody Mediterranean Species Seasonality Using Remote Sensing

    Article • Remote Sensing, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  16. Worldwide continuous gap-filled MODIS land surface temperature dataset

    Article • Scientific Data, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  17. The Synoptic Skill of AOD and Angstrom Exponent Levels over the Mediterranean Basin

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, November 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  18. Referee #2 – point by point response

    Article • August 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  19. Referee #3 – point to point response

    Article • August 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  20. Referee #1 – point-by-point response

    Article • August 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  21. Atmospheric Conditions Leading to an Exceptional Fatal Flash Flood in the Negev Desert, Israel

    Article • April 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  22. Early prediction of wheat grain yield production from root-zone soil water content at heading using Crop RS-Met

    Article • Field Crops Research, February 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  23. Characterization of Eastern Mediterranean dust storms by area of origin; North Africa vs. Arabian Peninsula

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, February 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  24. Crop RS-Met: A biophysical evapotranspiration and root-zone soil water content model for crops based on proximal sensing and meteorological data

    Article • Agricultural Water Management, January 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  25. Mean and variance of greenness and pregnancy outcomes in Tel Aviv during 2000–14: longitudinal and cross-sectional approaches

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  26. Synoptic circulation impact on the near-surface temperature difference outweighs that of the seasonal signal in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  27. Economic Assessment of Fire Damage to Urban Forest in the Wildland–Urban Interface Using Planet Satellites Constellation Images

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  28. Seasonal and diurnal evaporation from a deep hypersaline lake: The Dead Sea as a case study

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, July 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  29. Relationship between AOD and synoptic circulation over the Eastern Mediterranean: A comparison between subjective and objective classifications

    Article • Atmospheric Environment, March 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  30. Effect of Water Surface Salinity on Evaporation: The Case of a Diluted Buoyant Plume Over the Dead Sea

    Article • Water Resources Research, February 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  31. Predicting Heliothis (Helicoverpa armigera ) pest population dynamics with an age-structured insect population model driven by satellite data

    Article • Ecological Modelling, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  32. Diurnal Course of Evaporation From the Dead Sea in Summer: A Distinct Double Peak Induced by Solar Radiation and Night Sea Breeze

    Article • Water Resources Research, December 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  33. Optimizing the Timing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Image Acquisition for Applied Mapping of Woody Vegetation Species Using Feature Selection

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  34. Moisture transport by tropical plumes over the Middle East: a 30-year climatology

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, October 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  35. Using ground observations of a digital camera in the VIS-NIR range for quantifying the phenology of Mediterranean woody species

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, October 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  36. A biophysical approach using water deficit factor for daily estimations of evapotranspiration and CO<sub>2</sub> uptake in Mediterranean environments

    Article • Biogeosciences, September 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  37. A biophysical approach using drought stress factor for daily estimations of evapotranspiration and CO<sub>2</sub> uptake in high-energy water-limited environments

    Article • Biogeosciences Discussions, May 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  38. Genetic characterization of spotted fever group rickettsiae in questing ixodid ticks collected in Israel and environmental risk factors for their infection

    Article • Parasitology, March 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  39. Relationships between climate, topography, water use and productivity in two key Mediterranean forest types with different water-use strategies

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  40. High relative abundance of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans is associated with lumpy skin disease outbreaks in Israeli dairy farms

    Article • Medical and Veterinary Entomology, December 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  41. Annual evapotranspiration retrieved from satellite vegetation indices for the eastern Mediterranean at 250 m spatial resolution

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", November 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  42. A Phenology-Based Method for Monitoring Woody and Herbaceous Vegetation in Mediterranean Forests from NDVI Time Series

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2015, MDPI AG

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  43. Modeling insect population fluctuations with satellite land surface temperature

    Article • Ecological Modelling, September 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  44. Annual evapotranspiration retrieved solely from satellites' vegetation indices for the Eastern Mediterranean

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, June 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  45. Supplementary material to "Annual evapotranspiration retrieved solely from satellites' vegetation indices for the Eastern Mediterranean"

    Article • June 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  46. Olive Fruit Fly (Bactrocera oleae) Population Dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean: Influence of Exogenous Uncertainty on a Monophagous Frugivorous Insect

    Article • PLOS One, May 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  47. The role of local land-use on the urban heat island effect of Tel Aviv as assessed from satellite remote sensing

    Article • Applied Geography, January 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  48. Plant-Soil Interactions and Desertification: A Case Study in the Northern Negev, Israel

    Article • Arid Land Research and Management, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  49. Rehabilitating degraded drylands by creating woodland islets: Assessing long-term effects on aboveground productivity and soil fertility

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  50. Novel description of force of infection and risk factors associated with Theileria equi in horses in Israel and in The Palestinian Authority

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, June 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  51. Demographic and Environmental Risk Factors for Exposure to Lawsonia intracellularis in Horses in Israel

    Article • Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, May 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  52. Satellite observations of land surface temperature patterns induced by synoptic circulation

    Article • International Journal of Climatology, March 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  53. Detecting changes in biomass productivity in a different land management regimes in drylands using satellite-derived vegetation index

    Article • Soil Use and Management, February 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  54. Estimation of olive grove canopy temperature from MODIS thermal imagery is more accurate than interpolation from meteorological stations

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  55. Satellite observations of turbidity in the Dead Sea

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, June 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  56. The Dynamics of the Skin Temperature of the Dead Sea

    Article • Advances in Meteorology, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  57. The Effect of Planting Techniques on Arid Ecosystems in the Northern Negev

    Article • Arid Land Research and Management, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  58. Continuous detection and characterization of the Sea Breeze in clear sky conditions using Meteosat Second Generation

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", July 2012, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  59. Demographic and environmental risk factors for infection by Theileria equi in 590 horses in Israel

    Article • Veterinary Parasitology, July 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  60. A knowledge-based prediction model of Verticillium wilt on potato and its use for rational crop rotation

    Article • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, July 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  61. Prevalence of the symbiont Cardinium in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vector species is associated with land surface temperature

    Article • The FASEB Journal, June 2012, Wiley

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  62. Detection of Finescale Climatic Features from Satellites and Implications for Agricultural Planning

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, September 2011, American Meteorological Society

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  63. Monitoring the evolution of cloud phase profile using MSG data

    Article • Atmospheric Research, September 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  64. Remote sensing of the Dead Sea surface temperature

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2009, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  65. Clouds-Aerosols-Precipitation Satellite Analysis Tool (CAPSAT)

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", November 2008, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  66. A Satellite-Based Parameter to Monitor the Aerosol Impact on Convective Clouds

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, May 2007, American Meteorological Society

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  67. The time-space exchangeability of satellite retrieved relations between cloud top temperature and particle effective radius

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", July 2006, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  68. A Night-Rain Delineation Algorithm for Infrared Satellite Data Based on Microphysical Considerations

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, September 2003, American Meteorological Society

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  69. Satellite-Based Insights into Precipitation Formation Processes in Continental and Maritime Convective Clouds at Nighttime

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, September 2003, American Meteorological Society

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  70. Satellite–Based Insights into Precipitation Formation Processes in Continental and Maritime Convective Clouds

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, November 1998, American Meteorological Society

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  71. Estimation of Precipitation Area and Rain Intensity Based on the Microphysical Properties Retrieved from NOAA AVHRR Data

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology, March 1997, American Meteorological Society

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky

  72. Estimation of precipitation from space-based platforms

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Itamar M Lensky, Vincenzo Levizzani