Pollution evaluation, sources and risk assessment of heavy metals in hand-dug wells from Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Ghana

TK Boateng, F Opoku, SO Acquaah, O Akoto - Environmental systems …, 2015 - Springer
Background Groundwater quality is among the most important environmental issues as a
result of heavy metals contamination from anthropogenic sources. Concentrations of heavy …

Determination of the age of oil palm from crown projection area detected from WorldView-2 multispectral remote sensing data: The case of Ejisu-Juaben district …

A Chemura, I van Duren, LM van Leeuwen - ISPRS journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Information about age of oil palm is important in sustainability assessments, carbon
mapping, yield projections and precision agriculture. The aim of this study was to develop …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial assessment of groundwater potential using Quantum GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis (QGIS-AHP) in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of Ghana

P Kpiebaya, EEY Amuah, AG Shaibu… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Sawla-Tuna-Kalba (4226 km 2). Study focus This study employed
QGIS to assess the groundwater potential in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of Ghana with …

Support vector machine to map oil palm in a heterogeneous environment

IK Nooni, AA Duker, I Van Duren… - … journal of remote …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Support vector machines (SVMs) have been frequently shown to result in more accurate
classification than other image classification methods. However, few studies have …

Assessing regional variation in yield from weathered basement aquifers in West Africa and modelling their future groundwater development and sustainability

M Bianchi, RN Palamakumbura, AM MacDonald… - Hydrogeology …, 2023 - Springer
A data-driven modelling approach was applied to quantify the potential groundwater yield
from weathered crystalline basement aquifers in West Africa, which are a strategic resource …

Application of machine learning techniques to predict groundwater quality in the Nabogo Basin, Northern Ghana

JN Apogba, GK Anornu, AB Koon, BW Dekongmen… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The main objective of this study was to map the quality of groundwater for domestic use in
the Nabogo Basin, a sub-catchment of the White Volta Basin in Ghana, by applying machine …

An object-based temporal inversion approach to urban land use change analysis

S Toure, D Stow, H Shih, L Coulter, J Weeks… - Remote Sensing …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Rates of population growth and urbanization currently taking place in sub-Saharan Africa
are and will be the highest in the world, providing impetus for remote-sensing-based …

Hydrogeophysical characterization of aquifers in Upper Denkyira east and west Districts, Ghana

VO Agyemang - Applied Water Science, 2021 - Springer
Hydrogeophysical assessment of aquifers in the Upper Denkyira East and West Districts of
Ghana has been carried out for groundwater potential and protective capacity of the …

Bridging the data gap: using remote sensing and open-access data for assessing sustainable groundwater use in Kumasi, Ghana

EF Potter, I Monney, M Rutten - Journal of Water and Climate …, 2023 - iwaponline.com
Groundwater use has significantly increased in the rapidly urbanising city of Kumasi, Ghana.
But there is a lack of understanding of whether the groundwater system can sustain the …

Hydrogeological evaluation of geological formations in Ashanti Region, Ghana

EK Appiah-Adjei, I Osei-Nuamah - Journal of Science and Technology …, 2017 - ajol.info
The success of groundwater exploitation in an area largely depends on prior knowledge of
existing hydrogeological parameters such as borehole yield, overburden thickness, depth of …