Emmanuel Quansah
Department of Meteorology and Climate SciencePhysical SciencesLife SciencesSocial SciencesHealth Sciences

Emmanuel Quansah

83 Publications33 Research Themes52 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

This researcher's work is a comprehensive exploration spanning multiple scientific domains, reflecting their integrated research approach. Their studies are deeply rooted in themes such as climate change impacts on agriculture, hydrological dynamics across various zones, atmospheric processes, solar energy applications, agricultural practices, and digital transformation initiatives. By integrating across these diverse areas—plant water relations and carbon dynamics, climate change impacts on agriculture, hydrology and drought analysis, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, solar radiation and photovoltaics, precipitation measurement and analysis, mathematical and theoretical epidemiology/ecosystems models, fire effects on ecosystems, climate variability and models, hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, soil Moisture and remote sensing, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, Urban and Freight Transport Logistics, Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Quality and Supply Management, Digital Transformation in Industry—all these areas are interconnected through the researcher's overarching focus on advancing understanding across various scientific domains.

Faculty Biography

Prof. Emmanuel Quansah is an associate professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at KNUST, Ghana. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, in 1999, followed by a Master of Science degree in Environmental Physics from the University of Bremen, Germany, in 2004. He also holds a PhD in Meteorology and Climate Science from the Federal University of Technology, Akure-Nigeria.Prof. Quansah joined the Department in 2008 and has over 15 years of teaching and research experience. He currently serves as the Head of the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at KNUST and previously held the position of Coordinator for the Meteorology and Climate Science Programme from 2019 to 2022. He is affiliated with the Ghana Science Association and holds a licentiate membership in the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), England, United Kingdom.His research interests include solar energy estimation, estimation of CO2 using Land Surface Models (LSMs), surface energy fluxes using LSMs, and the impact of aerosols on boundary-layer meteorology. Currently, he focuses on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation options under climate and land use change in West Africa, supported by the CONCERT-West Africa project funded by the German Ministry of Education (BMBF) under WASCAL within the WRAP2.0 Project.Prof. Quansah actively contributes to the academic community by reviewing articles for journals such as the Journal of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences and the Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, among others.

Key Research Themes (33)
Physical Sciences

Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

Physical Sciences

Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Physical Sciences

Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Physical Sciences

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Physical Sciences

Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Physical Sciences

Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Physical Sciences

Climate Change and Health Impacts

Life Sciences

Climate change impacts on agriculture

Physical Sciences

Climate variability and models

Life Sciences

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Physical Sciences

Cryospheric studies and observations

Physical Sciences

Digital Transformation in Industry

Physical Sciences

Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

Social Sciences

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Life Sciences

Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Physical Sciences

Fire effects on ecosystems

Physical Sciences

Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Physical Sciences

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Physical Sciences

Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Physical Sciences

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Life Sciences

Land Rights and Reforms

Health Sciences

Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models

Physical Sciences

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Physical Sciences

nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Physical Sciences

Nuclear Physics and Applications

Physical Sciences

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Physical Sciences

Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

Social Sciences

Quality and Supply Management

Physical Sciences

Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Physical Sciences

Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Physical Sciences

Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics

Social Sciences

Supply Chain and Inventory Management

Physical Sciences

Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

Publications (83)

Using pre-monsoon rainwater chemistry to monitor local atmospheric pollution in Kumasi, Ghana

Open Access

Author response for "Using Pre-Monsoon Rainwater Chemistry to Monitor Local Atmospheric Pollution in Kumasi, Ghana"

Lightning and thunderstorms, the source of severe weather over Ghana, West Africa

Open Access
2025Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsDOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000703

Towards equitable access to land for cocoa farming: the role of customary land tenure system in Migrant and Female cocoa farmers decision to adopt good agronomic practices in Ghana

Open Access
2025Land Rights and ReformsDOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100987

Variations in soil biological and physicochemical properties of reclaimed artisanal mining sites under cocoa cultivation in Ghana across different reclamation ages

Open Access
2025Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1080/27658511.2025.2508543

Evidence of Heatwaves: Characteristics and Trends in Selected Ghanaian Cities

2025Climate Change and Health ImpactsDOI: 10.1002/joc.8889

Methane emissions from rice cultivation in West Africa and compensation options from nature reserve forests

Open Access
2025Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyDOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adc28c

Scaling Cosmic Ray Neutron Flux for Enhanced Environmental Monitoring

2025Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsDOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15027

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) Meteorology and predictability for air quality management using TROPOMI

Open Access
2025Air Quality Monitoring and ForecastingDOI: 10.1038/s44407-024-00003-4

Spatial analysis of drought vulnerability in cocoa agroforestry systems across the Ghana-Togo border

Open Access
2025Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1080/19475705.2025.2467406

Multi-Variate Validation of a High-Resolution Application of the Community Land Model (Clm5) in Ghana

Open Access
2025Land Rights and ReformsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5252404

Multi-Variate Validation of a High-Resolution Application of the Community Land Model (Clm5) in Ghana

Open Access
2025Land Rights and ReformsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5235041

Cocoa Farmers’ Perceptions of Drought and Adaptive Strategies in the Ghana–Togo Transboundary Cocoa Belt

Open Access
2024Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.3390/land13111737

Revisiting the Barometric Effect on Cosmic Ray Neutron Soil Moisture Sensing

Open Access
2024Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsDOI: 10.22541/essoar.172901348.80957948/v1

Site adaptation of NASA-POWER reanalysis solar radiation products for tropical climates in Ghana using bias correction for clean energy application

Open Access
2024Solar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4571887/v1

Revisiting the barometric effect on cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensing

Open Access
2024Soil Moisture and Remote SensingDOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16814

Developments and Challenges in Operating a Hydrometeorological Research Observatory in the Western Sudanian Savanna - Ten Years of WASCAL Observatory Experience

Open Access
2024Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsDOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-6712

Bias-corrected NASA data for aridity index estimation over tropical climates in Ghana, West Africa

Open Access
2023Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsDOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101610

Improving Soil Moisture Monitoring from Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors under Various Climate Conditions

Open Access
2023Soil Moisture and Remote SensingDOI: 10.5194/egusphere-gc8-hydro-130

Revisiting the agro-climatic zones of Ghana: A re-classification in conformity with climate change and variability

Open Access
2023Climate change impacts on agricultureDOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000023

West Africa's moist convective environment as observed by the Atmospheric <scp>InfraRed</scp> Sounder (<scp>AIRS</scp>)

Open Access
2022Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1002/joc.7983

Optimal Temporal Filtering of the Cosmic-Ray Neutron Signal to Reduce Soil Moisture Uncertainty

Open Access
2022Soil Moisture and Remote SensingDOI: 10.3390/s22239143

The dynamics of dry and wet monsoon MCS formation over West Africa: Case assessment of February 13, 2018 and June 18, 2018

2022Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsDOI: 10.1002/qj.4399

Extreme temperature indices over the Volta Basin: CMIP6 model evaluation

2022Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1007/s00382-022-06503-x

Revisiting The Agro-Climatic Zones Of Ghana: A Re-Classification In Conformity With Climate Change And Variability

Open Access
2022Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1002/essoar.10512022.1

Entrepreneurial Passion and Social Entrepreneurial Intent: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in Public Universities in Ghana

Open Access
2022Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesDOI: 10.31219/osf.io/5m7q8

Development of High Resolution Cloud Cover Climatology Databank Using Merged Manual and Satellite Datasets over Ghana, West Africa

2022Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsDOI: 10.1080/07055900.2022.2072266

Extreme precipitation indices over the Volta Basin: CMIP6 model evaluation

Open Access
2022Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01181

Satellite-based estimates of photosynthetically active radiation for tropical ecosystems in Ghana—West Africa

2022Solar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsDOI: 10.1007/s42965-022-00234-0

Entrepreneurial Passion and Social Entrepreneurial Intent: The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy in Public Universities in Ghana

Open Access
2022Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesDOI: 10.24018/ejbmr.2022.7.2.1309

Soil Moisture and Rainfall Interplay for Tropical Ecosystems in The West African Terrain Using Satellite-Based Datasets and Gauge measurements

Open Access
2022Soil Moisture and Remote SensingDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1415367/v1

Climate variability and impacts on maize (<i>Zea mays</i>) yield in Ghana, West Africa

Open Access
2021Climate change impacts on agricultureDOI: 10.1002/qj.4199

Assessment of aerosol burden over Ghana

Open Access
2021Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00971

Estimation of the return periods of maxima rainfall and floods at the Pra River Catchment, Ghana, West Africa using the Gumbel extreme value theory

Open Access
2021Hydrology and Drought AnalysisDOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06980

Characterisation of wet and dry spells and associated atmospheric dynamics at the Pra River catchment of Ghana, West Africa

Open Access
2021Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100801

Minimizing post-harvest losses through digitally enabled supply chain visibility: a design science approach

2021Digital Transformation in Industry

Enhancing visibility in the pharmaceutical supply chain: a design science approach.

2021Quality and Supply Management

The use of interorganizational information systems in digitalizing supply chains: a systematic literature review and research agenda for Africa.

2021Urban and Freight Transport Logistics

The effect of additional food in Holling Tanner type models

2019Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1007/s40435-019-00580-3

Modeling the spatial distribution of Global Solar Radiation (GSR) over Ghana using the Ångström-Prescott sunshine duration model

Open Access
2019Solar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00094

The impact of rain events on CO2 emissions from contrasting land use systems in semi-arid West African savannas

2019Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Establishing a hydrometeorological field observatory in the Sudan Savanna of West Africa: Concept, Outcomes and Challenges

2019Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

The Spatio-Temporal Variability of Rainfall over the Agro-Ecological Zones of Ghana

Open Access
2019Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.4236/acs.2019.93034

Modeling the spatial distribution of Global Solar Radiation (GSR) over Ghana using the ÅngströmPrescott sunshine duration model

Open Access
2019Solar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsDOI: 10.14303/jrest.2019.028

Evidence of Long-Term Trend of Visibility in the Sahel and Coevolution with Meteorological Conditions and Vegetation Cover during the Recent Period

Open Access
2019Atmospheric aerosols and cloudsDOI: 10.4236/acs.2019.93025

The impact of rain events on CO2 emissions from contrasting land use systems in semi-arid West African savannas

2018Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsDOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.397

Evaluation of CMIP5 Global Climate Models over the Volta Basin: Precipitation

Open Access
2018Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1155/2018/4853681

Global dynamics of stochastic predator–prey model with mutual interference and prey defense

2018Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1007/s12190-018-1207-7

The WASCAL Hydrometeorological Observatory in the Sudan Savanna of Burkina Faso and Ghana

Open Access
2018Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.2136/vzj2018.03.0065

Exploring the dynamics of a Holling–Tanner model with cannibalism in both predator and prey population

2017Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1142/s1793524518500109

Development of high spatial resolution rainfall data for Ghana

2017Precipitation Measurement and AnalysisDOI: 10.1002/joc.5238

Finite Time Blow-up in a Delayed Diffusive Population Model with Competitive Interference

2017Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1515/ijnsns-2015-0179

Analyzing the impact of land cover changes on water, energy and CO2 fluxes in the West African Sudanian Savannah using Eddy Covariance stations

2017Flood Risk Assessment and Management

On “small” data blow-up in a three species food chain model

2017Evolution and Genetic DynamicsDOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2016.12.018

Numerical Simulation of Surface Energy and Water Balances over a Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem in the West African Savanna

Open Access
2017Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsDOI: 10.1155/2017/6258180

Optimal Physics Parameterization Scheme Combination of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model for Seasonal Precipitation Simulation over Ghana

Open Access
2017Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1155/2017/7505321

Cold induced mortality of the Burmese Python: An explanation via stochastic analysis

2016Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.10.015

Prey cannibalism alters the dynamics of Holling–Tanner-type predator–prey models

Open Access
2016Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1007/s11071-016-2844-8

The impact of land use on the net ecosystem CO2 exchanges in the West African Sudanian Savannas

2016Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Predator interference effects on biological control: The “paradox” of the generalist predator revisited

2016Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2016.02.021

Biological control via “ecological” damping: An approach that attenuates non-target effects

2016Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2015.12.010

Can the control of invasive species be left to chance?

2016Ecosystem dynamics and resilienceDOI: 10.1080/23802693.2016.1219452

Long time dynamics of a three-species food chain model with Allee effect in the top predator

2016Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2015.12.015

Validation of TRMM and FEWS Satellite Rainfall Estimates with Rain Gauge Measurement over Ashanti Region, Ghana

Open Access
2016Precipitation Measurement and AnalysisDOI: 10.4236/acs.2016.64040

Finite time Blow up in a population model with competitive interference and time delay

Open Access
2015Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1511.07498

Predator interference effects on biological control: The "paradox" of the generalist predator revisited

Open Access
2015Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1510.07296

Predator interference effects on biological control: The "paradox" of\n the generalist predator revisited

Open Access
2015Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1510.07296

Long time dynamics of a three-species food chain model with Allee effect in the top predator

Open Access
2015Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1510.03521

Prey cannibalism alters the dynamics of Holling-Tanner type\n predator-prey models

Open Access
2015Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1510.02989

Effects of climate variability on savannah fire regimes in West Africa

Open Access
2015Fire effects on ecosystemsDOI: 10.5194/esd-6-161-2015

Biological control via "ecological" damping: An approach that attenuates\n non-target effects

Open Access
2015Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology ModelsDOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1502.02010

Biological control via "ecological" damping: An approach that attenuates non-target effects

Open Access
2015Ecosystem dynamics and resilienceDOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1502.02010

Carbon dioxide fluxes from contrasting ecosystems in the Sudanian Savanna in West Africa

Open Access
2015Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsDOI: 10.1186/s13021-014-0011-4

Empirical Models for Estimating Global Solar Radiation over the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Open Access
2014Solar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsDOI: 10.1155/2014/897970

Assessing the Benefits of Yield Management in the Hospitality Industry in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana

Open Access
2013Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementDOI: 10.18533/ijbsr.v3i9.277

The influence of temperature and relative humidity on indoor ozone concentrations during the Harmattan

2012Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

A psychrometric analysis of thermal comfort In low-rise office buildings in Ghana

Open Access
2011Building Energy and Comfort OptimizationDOI: 10.4314/just.v31i1.64888

A mechanism for photochemical reactions in the quasi-liquid layer of snow crystals in polar regions

Open Access
2007nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Investigation of the photochemical decomposition of nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, and formaldehyde in artificial snow

2005Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsDOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2005.09.001

Isotopic view on nitrate loss in Antarctic surface snow

Open Access
2005Cryospheric studies and observationsDOI: 10.1029/2005gl023011

Photochemical reactions of trace compounds in snow

2004Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Investigation of the photolysis reactions of nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, and formaldehyde in artificial snow

2004Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Photochemical decomposition of nitrate (NO3-) in artificial snow

2004Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
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DepartmentDepartment of Meteorology and Climate Science
Total Publications83
Research Themes33
Open Access Papers52

Department of Meteorology and Climate Science

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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