Temperature variations affect many sectors of the economy such as health, agriculture, water resource management and energy. With global average temperatures increasing, Ghana is vulnerable to the impact of increasing temperature variability. Despite the global highlights on temperature the current state of temperature variability, trends and extremes in Ghana was not clearly known.
Maximum temperatures from Ghana Meteorological Agency for the period 1960 and 2014 were used for this study. Analysis such as standardized anomaly, principal component analysis and extreme value decomposition carried out on the data look promising. In general, there is an increasing trend of maximum temperatures for all stations except Ada, an indication of global warming signature. The work is ongoing and will be published in a good journal.
SDG Target
13
Objectives
To see whether temperature is rising in the region under study, and if so by what margin?
Characterize temperature variability and trends.
Find a model that can predict such temperature increase.
Source of Funding
Self-funding
Status of Research
Presentation of results and discussion of findings