Jacob Agyekum (Ph.D.) is a Scientist at the Surface Water and Climate Change Division of the Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-WRI). Dr. Agyekum obtained his Ph.D. at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

He is a Climate Scientist with experience in climate change, and modelling, and climate extremes. He has over six years of experience in climate science, policy analysis, environmental leadership, and stakeholder engagement.

His research focuses on the past, present, and future dynamics of climate and climate extremes, climate change and water security, climate and climate-sensitive diseases in Ghana, and climate impact assessment. Jacob is the lead for research and projects in the areas of climate, meteorology, and hydro-climatology at the CSIR-WRI.

He has published in leading international peer-reviewed journals on meteorology and climate extremes and has served as a reviewer for many high-impact climate science journals.

He shares most of his leisure time inspiring younger colleagues and playing his instrument; The Saxophone.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. Okafor, G. C., Ogbu, K. N., Agyekum, J., Limantol, A. M., & Larbi, I. (2024). Rainfall projections under different climate scenarios over the Kaduna River Basin, Nigeria. Discover Environment, 2(1), 89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-024-00127-0
2. Ampofo, S., Annor, T., Aryee, J. N., Agyekum, J., & Amekudzi, L. K. (2023). Gridded daily rainfall data for Ghana for the period 1960-2015: Approach and validation process. Data in Brief, 48, 109115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109115
3. Agyekum, J., Amekudzi, L. K., Stein, T., Aryee, J. N., Atiah, W. A., Adefisan, E. A., & Danuor, S. K. (2023). Verification of satellite and model products against a dense rain gauge network for a severe flooding event in Kumasi, Ghana. Meteorological Applications, 30(5), e2150. https://doi.org/10.1002/met2150
4. Osei, M.A., Aryee, J.N., Agyekum, J., Ashong, J., Ansah, S.O., Ahiataku, M.A., Baffour‐Ata, F., Amekudzi, L.K., Atiah, W.A., Padi, M. and Ameho, J., 2023. Environment of severe storm formations over West Africa on the 26‐28 June 2018. Meteorological Applications, 30(1), p.e2109. https://doi.org/10.1002/met2109
5. Agyekum, J., Annor, T., Quansah, E., Lamptey, B., Amekudzi, L.K. and Nyarko, B.K., 2022. Extreme temperature indices over the Volta Basin: CMIP6 model evaluation. Climate Dynamics, pp.1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s0082-022-0603-x
6. Agyekum, J., Annor, T., Quansah, E., Lamptey, B., & Okafor, G. (2022). Extreme Precipitation Indices over the Volta Basin: CMIP6 model evaluation. Scientific African, e01181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01181
7. Awotwi, A., Annor, T., Anornu, G. K., Quaye-Ballard, J. A., Agyekum, J., Ampadu, B., … & Boakye, E. (2021). Climate change impact on streamflow in a tropical basin of Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 34, 100805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100805
8. Okafor, G., Annor, T., Odai, S., & Agyekum, J. (2019). Volta basin precipitation and temperature climatology: evaluation of CORDEX-Africa regional climate model simulations. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 137, 2803-2827. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2746-4
9. Awotwi, A., Anornu, G.K., Quaye-Ballard, J.A., Annor, T., Forkuo, E.K., Harris, E., Agyekum, J. and Terlabie, J.L., 2019. Water balance responses to land-use/land-cover changes in the Pra River Basin of Ghana, 1986–2025. Catena, 182, p.104129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104129
10. Agyekum, J., Annor, T., Lamptey, B., Quansah, E., & Agyeman, R. Y. K. (2018). Evaluation of CMIP5 Global Climate Models over the Volta Basin: Precipitation. Advances in Meteorology, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/485681