Patrick Lamptey

University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development

Lecturer, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, since 2024per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2026

Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
Ecology
Environmental Engineering
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Aerospace Engineering

In their own words

GIS and Drone Surveys
Remote Sensing
Soil Moisture
Climate
Vegetation health
Water Resources Management
Soil Mositure
Environmental monitoring

Publications: 72016–2026
Citations: 100to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.191.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 17%1 of 6 scored papers
Open access: 67%4 of the 6 whose access is recorded

8 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 144 citations, h-index 5 and i10-index 3 (137 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

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Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, Environmental Health and SanitationAkenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Developmentsince 2024
Research Scientist, Remote Sensing and ClimateGhana Atomic Energy Commission2019–2024
Manager- Senior Meteorologist, Data Processing and Quality ControlGhana Meteorological Agency2010–2019

Education

PhD Student, Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre, Kumasi (RWESCK)Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologysince 2019

Publications

7 in all

Land Degradation Neutrality: A Pathway to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
2026Sustainability SolutionsBook chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-00704-9_19
Perspective Chapter: Validation of SMOS Satellite Soil Moisture Estimates Using Capacitance Probes over the Different Ecological Zones in Northern Ghana
2023IntechOpen eBooks

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Atmospheric Science343%
Global and Planetary Change343%
Ecology229%
Environmental Engineering229%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law229%
Aerospace Engineering114%
Earth-Surface Processes114%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics114%
Plant Science114%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences

Topics most written on

Precipitation Measurement and Analysis3
Climate variability and models2
Coastal and Marine Management2
Climate change impacts on agriculture1
Coastal and Marine Dynamics1
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics1
Hydrology and Drought Analysis1
Land Use and Ecosystem Services1
Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement1
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations1
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications1
Remote Sensing in Agriculture1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

33% of their 6 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111222Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom2
United States1
China1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Space Science and Technology InstituteGH5 papers
Ghana Atomic Energy CommissionGH4 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers
Ghana Meteorological AgencyGH2 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
China Agricultural UniversityCN1 paper
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsCN1 paper
National Centre for Earth ObservationGB1 paper
Pennsylvania State UniversityUS1 paper
University College LondonGB1 paper

Where they publish

Advances in Meteorology1
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change1
Earth system science data1
IntechOpen eBooks1
Journal of Coastal Conservation1
Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies1
Sustainability Solutions

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

14Life below water2
15Life on land2
2Zero hunger1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Meteorological Analysis of Floods in Ghana
Advances in Meteorology13
202072 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
The spatial correlation structure of rainfall at the local scale over southern Ghana
Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies14
202012 citationsOpen access · Gold
Location, biophysical and agronomic parameters for croplands in northern Ghana

MSc, Institute of Geography and Earth ScienceAberystwyth University

BSc. Physics, Physical SciencesUniversity of Cape Coast2004–2008

Honours, memberships and service

Chevening Scholarship Alumni

Location, biophysical and agronomic parameters for croplands in northern Ghana

2022Earth system science dataJournalOpen accessCorresponding8 citations10.5194/essd-14-5387-2022

Meteorological Analysis of Floods in Ghana

2020Advances in MeteorologyJournalOpen access72 citations10.1155/2020/4230627

The spatial correlation structure of rainfall at the local scale over southern Ghana

2020Journal of Hydrology Regional StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author12 citations10.1016/j.ejrh.2020.100720

How it can be read

67% free to read, of the 6 recorded

Gold 3 · 43%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 14%Open in a subscription journal
Closed 2 · 29%Behind a paywall
Unknown 1 · 14%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

2 of 7 papers name a funder

Natural Environment Research Council2
Sight Research UK2
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council1
Imperial College London1
National Centre for Earth Observation1
Newton Fund1
Science and Technology Facilities Council1

Earth system science data2

20228 citationsOpen access · Gold