Lightning and thunderstorms, the source of severe weather over Ghana, West Africa

• Samuel Kyei-Manuh ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: samuelmanuh@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-2946

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• Marian Amoakowaah Osei,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3481-7222

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• Jeffrey N. A. Aryee,

  Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4481-1441

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• Emmanuel Quansah,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3382-1775

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• Emmanuel Obuobie,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Water Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Achimota, Accra, Ghana

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• Leonard K. Amekudzi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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