J. N. A. Aryee1*, M. A. Ahiataku2, K. T. Quagraine3, P. Davies1, N. Agbenor-Efunam4, G. Agyapong5, L. P. Poku5, D. Acheampong2, J. Agyekum1, J. Ameho2, S. O. Ansah2, J. Asamoah2, R. Bediako2, M. K. E. Donkor4, N. A. Frimpong2, M. O. Gyanewa2, M. A. Osei1,6, N. K. Opoku2, M. E. Pardie2, D. Quaye2,  F. Q. Cudjoe2, B. Yahaya2, L. K. Amekudzi1, S. K. Danuor4, Benjamin Lamptey7 Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, KNUST, Kumasi, GhanaGhana Meteorological Agency (GMet), Accra, Ghana.Indiana University - Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, Bloomington, USA.Department of Physics, KNUST, Kumasi, GhanaUniversity of Lille - Department of Physics, Lille, France Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK West African  Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use, Accra, Ghana