Kwame Oppong Hackman

@wascal.org

Senior Scientist / Regional Coordinator
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)

https://researchid.co/kaupong

EDUCATION

PhD Ecology
MSc GIS and Environmental Modelling
PGDip Mathamatics
BSc Mathematics

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology

485

Scholar Citations

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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

TOM2024: Datasets of tomato, onion, and maize images for developing pests and diseases AI-based classification models
O Appiah, KO Hackman, S Diakalia, AKD Codjia, M Bb, V Ouedraogo, ...
Data in Brief 59, 111357 2025

Enhancing burned area monitoring with VIIRS dataset: A case study in Sub-Saharan Africa
B Ouattara, M Thiel, B Sponholz, H Paeth, M Yebra, F Mouillot, P Kacic, ...
Science of Remote Sensing 10, 100165 2024

Analyzing the spatio-temporal pattern of urban growth and its influence on urban heat islands in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, Ghana
E Biney, EK Forkuo, M Poku-Boansi, KO Hackman, E Harris, YM Asare, ...
Scientific African 26, e02366 2024

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics of Dinderesso and Peni Forests in Burkina Faso
AMD Millogo, B Tankoano, O Neya, F Folega, K Wala, KO Hackman, ...
Geomatics 4 (4), 362-381 2024

Co-Developing Innovations for Sustainable Land Management in West African Smallholder Farming Systems-COINS
J Meier, F Thonfeld, N Heiss, U Gessner, M Diancoumba, Y Ayaribil, ...
2024

PlanteSaine: An Artificial Intelligent empowered mobile application for pests and disease management for maize, tomato, and onion farmers in Burkina Faso
O Appiah, KO Hackman, BAA Diallo, KO Ogunjobi, S Diakalia, O Valentin, ...
Agriculture 14 (8), 1252 2024

A comprehensive analysis and future projection of land use and land cover dynamics in a fast-growing city: A case study of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, Ghana
E Biney, EK Forkuo, M Poku-Boansi, YM Asare, KO Hackman, DB Yankey, ...
Scientific African 24, e02207 2024

Fine particulate air pollution estimation in Ouagadougou using satellite aerosol optical depth and meteorological parameters
JA Amooli, KO Hackman, B Nana, DM Westervelt
Environmental Science: Atmospheres 4 (9), 1012-1025 2024

Modelling past and future land use and land cover dynamics in the Nakambe River Basin, West Africa
GI Yangouliba, BJB Zoungrana, KO Hackman, H Koch, S Liersch, ...
Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 9 (2), 1651-1667 2023

Intensity analysis for urban land use/land cover dynamics characterization of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso
V Ouedraogo, KO Hackman, M Thiel, J Dukiya
Land 12 (5), 1063 2023

Suitability Analysis of Rice Cropping in Burkina Faso: Assessing the Gap between Current and Potential Rice Cropping Area
J Meier, F Thonfeld, K Akpoti, K Hackman, U Gessner
2023

Intensity Analysis for Urban Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics Characterization of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. Land 2023, 12, 1063
V Ouedraogo, KO Hackman, M Thiel, J Dukiya
2023

MODIS-based spatiotemporal variability assessment of urban land surface temperature in Burkina Faso
V Oudraogo, KO Hackman, M Thiel, J Dukiya
Tlmatique 22 (1), 1227-1236 2023

Waste Recycling and Repurposing to Address SDG 11 in Burkina Faso: Do Multi-stakeholder Platforms Matter?
S Sanfo, O Neya, S Da, S Salack, J Amikuzuno, BZ Gandaa, KO Hackman, ...
Localizing the SDGs in African Cities, 85-99 2022

Spatio-temporal pattern of urban vegetation in the central business district of the Wa municipality of Ghana
R Aabeyir, K Peprah, KO Hackman
Trees, Forests and People 8, 100261 2022

The impact of drought on agricultural area in Burkina Faso and assessment of future cropping potential using a combination of EO and climate data.
J Meier, P Ruiz Inigo, J Rummler, K Hackman, U Gessner
2022

The use of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to assess urban forests dynamics in West Africa: A case study of Mbao Classified Forest, Dakar (Senegal)
M Diankha, KO Hackman, SM Sarr
FAO; 2022

West Africa Land Use/Land Cover Harmonisation Task Force for ECOWAS
M Mahamane, A Di Gregorio, M Henry, F Mensah, P Bartel, B Mamane, ...
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, GC25B-0664 2021

Building a Collaborative Network for Supporting Regional Capacity Development in Harmonizing Land Use and Land Cover Mapping and Monitoring in West Africa: Initiatives by the
F Mensah, P Bartel, B Mamane, M Mahamane, E Cherrington, R Muench, ...
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2021, SY13B-03 2021

Analysis of geo-spatiotemporal data using machine learning algorithms and reliability enhancement for urbanization decision support
KO Hackman, X Li, D Asenso-Gyambibi, EA Asamoah, ID Nelson
International Journal of Digital Earth 13 (12), 1717-1732 2020

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

The first all-season sample set for mapping global land cover with Landsat-8 data
C Li, P Gong, J Wang, Z Zhu, GS Biging, C Yuan, T Hu, H Zhang, Q Wang, ...
Science Bulletin 62 (7), 508-515 2017
Citations: 159

New land-cover maps of Ghana for 2015 using Landsat 8 and three popular classifiers for biodiversity assessment
KO Hackman, P Gong, J Wang
International Journal of Remote Sensing 38 (14), 4008-4021 2017
Citations: 57

Automatic high-resolution land cover production in madagascar using sentinel-2 time series, tile-based image classification and google earth engine
M Zhang, H Huang, Z Li, KO Hackman, C Liu, RL Andriamiarisoa, ...
Remote Sensing 12 (21), 3663 2020
Citations: 45

The State Of Biodiversity In Ghana: Knowledge Gaps And Prioritization
KO Hackman
International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 6 (9), 681 - 701 2014
Citations: 33

An all-season sample database for improving land-cover mapping of Africa with two classification schemes
C Li, P Gong, J Wang, C Yuan, T Hu, Q Wang, L Yu, N Clinton, M Li, J Guo, ...
International Journal of Remote Sensing 37 (19), 4623-4647 2016
Citations: 30

A rapid assessment of landscape biodiversity using diversity profiles of arthropod morphospecies
KO Hackman, P Gong, S Venevsky
Landscape Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-016-044 2016
Citations: 24

Towards a global oil palm sample database: design and implications
Y Cheng, L Yu, Y Zhao, Y Xu, K Hackman, AP Cracknell, P Gong
International journal of remote sensing 38 (14), 4022-4032 2017
Citations: 20

Ny Aina Nomenjanahary Raherivelo, T.; Li, Y.; Gong, P. Automatic high-resolution land cover production in madagascar using sentinel-2 time series, tile-based image
M Zhang, H Huang, Z Li, KO Hackman, C Liu, RL Andriamiarisoa
Remote Sens 12, 3663 2020
Citations: 12

Spatio-temporal pattern of urban vegetation in the central business district of the Wa municipality of Ghana
R Aabeyir, K Peprah, KO Hackman
Trees, Forests and People 8, 100261 2022
Citations: 10

Ny Aina Nomenjanahary Raherivelo, T
M Zhang, H Huang, Z Li, KO Hackman, C Liu, RL Andriamiarisoa
Li, Y 2020
Citations: 10

Exploring the temporal density of Landsat observations for cropland mapping: experiments from Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa
Y Xu, L Yu, D Peng, X Cai, Y Cheng, J Zhao, Y Zhao, D Feng, K Hackman, ...
International Journal of Remote Sensing 39 (21), 7328-7349 2018
Citations: 10

Biodiversity estimation of the western region of Ghana using arthropod mean morphospecies abundance
KO Hackman, P Gong
Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-15 2017
Citations: 8

Intensity analysis for urban land use/land cover dynamics characterization of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso
V Ouedraogo, KO Hackman, M Thiel, J Dukiya
Land 12 (5), 1063 2023
Citations: 7

A method for assessing land-use impacts on biodiversity in a landscape
KO Hackman
Global Ecology and Conservation 3, 83 - 89 2015
Citations: 5

MODIS-based spatiotemporal variability assessment of urban land surface temperature in Burkina Faso
V Oudraogo, KO Hackman, M Thiel, J Dukiya
Tlmatique 22 (1), 1227-1236 2023
Citations: 2