Michael Padi

Also at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Ghana Meteorological Agencyfrom their recent papers

Safety Inspector, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), since 2021per ORCID

Publishing since 2016, latest 2023

I am an Aviation Safety Inspector (ASI) in charge of AeroMeteorological affairs with the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Safety Regulations Department of the Air Navigation Service (ANS). I also worked with the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) as a Weather Forecaster in Charge of the Central Analysis and Forecast Office (CAFO). From ORCID

Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change
Artificial Intelligence
Communication
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Management of Technology and Innovation

In their own words

Meteorologist
Weather Forecasting
Weather
Climate
Ghana
Aviation Safety Inspector

Publications: 142016–2023
Citations: 68to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 3
Field-weighted impact: 0.631.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 7%1 of 14 scored papers
Open access: 79%11 papers free to read

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

Peerford

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Safety Inspector, Safety DepartmentGhana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)since 2021
Officer-in-Charge, Central Analysis and ForecastGhana Meteorological Agency1992–2021

Education

MSc. Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability StudiesUniversity of Ghana2019–2020
BSc. Meteorology and Climate Science, Physics DepartmentKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology College of Science2010–2014

On their papers

Publications

14 in all

Environment of severe storm formations over West Africa on the 26‐28 June 2018
2023Meteorological ApplicationsJournalOpen access5 citations10.1002/met.2109
The oscillatory effect of chemical constituents, dynamics, barometric, and thermodynamics on weather over Accra, and Bissau
2023Physics & Astronomy International Journal

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Atmospheric Science857%
Global and Planetary Change643%
Artificial Intelligence321%
Communication17%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance17%
Management of Technology and Innovation17%
Ocean Engineering17%
Waste Management and Disposal17%

Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations6
Climate variability and models5
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research3
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds2
Precipitation Measurement and Analysis2
Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics2
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols1
Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends1
Computational Physics and Python Applications1
Flood Risk Assessment and Management1
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development1
Media Studies and Communication1

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

43% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written2345678Home

Most frequent partner countries

United Kingdom5
Senegal2
United States2
Kenya2
Niger2
South Africa2
Spain2
Nigeria2

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Meteorological AgencyGH13 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
University of LeedsGB4 papers
Agencia Estatal de MeteorologíaES2 papers
National Centre for Atmospheric ScienceGB2 papers
UK Centre for Ecology & HydrologyGB2 papers
University of ReadingGB2 papers
World Meteorological OrganizationCH2 papers
University of NairobiKE2 papers
Federal University of TechnologyNG2 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Climatology & Weather Forecasting2
ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN1
Hydrology Current Research1
International Journal of Climatology1
International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources1
Meteorological Applications1

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

13Climate action6
6Clean water and sanitation1
8Decent work and economic growth1
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure1
14Life below water1

Most cited

Nowcasting for Africa : advances, potential and value
Weather9
202123 citationsOpen access · Hybrid
Extreme Rainfall Events over Accra, Ghana, in Recent Years
Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences13
202115 citationsWorld top 10%
Weather Transition Periods in Ghanab

Ghana Meteorological Agency

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Nowcasting for Africa : advances, potential and value

2022Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)JournalOpen access0 citations10.5445/ir/1000152386

Extreme Rainfall Events over Accra, Ghana, in Recent Years

2021Remote Sensing in Earth Systems SciencesBook chapterFirst author15 citations10.1007/s41976-021-00062-1

Predicting weather changes

2019MOJ Ecology & Environmental SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.15406/mojes.2019.04.00127

Predicting weather changes

2018Open Access Journal of ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.15406/oajs.2018.02.00072

Recycling Business in the 21st Century

2018International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural ResourcesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.19080/ijesnr.2018.14.555893

Weather Transition Periods in Ghanab

2017Journal of Climatology & Weather ForecastingJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding13 citations10.4172/2332-2594.1000211

Thunderstorms over Southern Ghana on 3rd March, 2017

2017Journal of Climatology & Weather ForecastingJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4172/2332-2594.1000202

Surface Water Management in Ghana

2016Hydrology Current ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.4172/2157-7587.1000251

MOJ Ecology & Environmental Sciences

Open Access Journal of Science1