Nkanyiso Mbatha

692 total citations
36 papers, 384 citations indexed

About

Nkanyiso Mbatha is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nkanyiso Mbatha has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 384 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Atmospheric Science and 6 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nkanyiso Mbatha's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (17 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (14 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers). Nkanyiso Mbatha is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (17 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (14 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (9 papers). Nkanyiso Mbatha collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Réunion and France. Nkanyiso Mbatha's co-authors include Sifiso Xulu, Lerato Shikwambana, Paidamwoyo Mhangara, Hassan Benchérif, Venkataraman Sivakumar, Kabir Peerbhay, Nelson Bègue, Casper Labuschagne, Ernst-Günther Brunke and G. J. R. Coetzee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Remote Sensing and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Nkanyiso Mbatha

31 papers receiving 379 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nkanyiso Mbatha South Africa 13 255 168 86 69 57 36 384
Jordan R. Bell United States 10 297 1.2× 166 1.0× 88 1.0× 90 1.3× 22 0.4× 39 464
Liliane Bel France 13 170 0.7× 142 0.8× 108 1.3× 58 0.8× 23 0.4× 25 386
Gilbert L. Rochon United States 7 234 0.9× 115 0.7× 126 1.5× 51 0.7× 38 0.7× 22 342
Min Yan China 10 299 1.2× 73 0.4× 102 1.2× 170 2.5× 24 0.4× 28 455
Supari Supari Indonesia 10 400 1.6× 284 1.7× 42 0.5× 35 0.5× 20 0.4× 33 596
Vahagn Muradyan Armenia 9 134 0.5× 73 0.4× 154 1.8× 104 1.5× 66 1.2× 29 340
Matina Halkia Italy 7 317 1.2× 108 0.6× 92 1.1× 72 1.0× 32 0.6× 8 468
MN Assimakopoulos Greece 5 174 0.7× 158 0.9× 107 1.2× 21 0.3× 72 1.3× 8 350
Gegen Tana China 13 610 2.4× 213 1.3× 190 2.2× 177 2.6× 74 1.3× 32 780
Hanzeyu Xu China 8 285 1.1× 71 0.4× 112 1.3× 149 2.2× 51 0.9× 24 464

Countries citing papers authored by Nkanyiso Mbatha

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nkanyiso Mbatha

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nkanyiso Mbatha

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mbatha, Nkanyiso, et al.. (2026). Meteorological Drought Trend Analysis and Forecasting Using a Hybrid SG-CEEMDAN-ARIMA-LSTM Model Based on SPI from Rain Gauge Data. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 26(1). 315–342.
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Shikwambana, Lerato, Mahlatse Kganyago, Nkanyiso Mbatha, & Paidamwoyo Mhangara. (2024). First-time calculation of the spatial distribution of concentration and air quality index over South Africa using TROPOMI data. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 74(8). 556–568. 1 indexed citations
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Mbatha, Nkanyiso, et al.. (2024). El Niño-Induced Drought Impacts on Reservoir Water Resources in South Africa. Atmosphere. 15(3). 249–249. 10 indexed citations
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Mbatha, Nkanyiso, et al.. (2024). Forecasting of Standardized Precipitation Index Using Hybrid Models: A Case Study of Cape Town, South Africa. Water. 16(17). 2469–2469. 1 indexed citations
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Benchérif, Hassan, Damaris Kirsch Pinheiro, Nelson Bègue, et al.. (2024). Ozone Trend Analysis in Natal (5.4°S, 35.4°W, Brazil) Using Multi-Linear Regression and Empirical Decomposition Methods over 22 Years of Observations. Remote Sensing. 16(1). 208–208. 3 indexed citations
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Sivakumar, Venkataraman, et al.. (2024). A case study on the dust storm that occurred on March 13–18, 2022, over the Algerian Sahara, using satellite remote sensing. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 264. 106345–106345. 2 indexed citations
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Mbatha, Nkanyiso, et al.. (2024). Attributing impacts of LULCC on the boundary layer climate of South Africa’s eastern escarpment. Journal of Earth System Science. 133(4).
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Xulu, Sifiso, et al.. (2024). Analysis of nighttime lights over the cities of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100046–100046.
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Bègue, Nelson, Hassan Benchérif, Venkataraman Sivakumar, et al.. (2023). Aerosol Optical Properties and Types over Southern Africa and Reunion Island Determined from Ground-Based and Satellite Observations over a 13-Year Period (2008–2021). Remote Sensing. 15(6). 1581–1581. 2 indexed citations
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Xulu, Sifiso, et al.. (2023). Comparison of different spectral indices to differentiate the impact of insect attack on planted forest stands. Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment. 33. 101087–101087. 2 indexed citations
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Mbatha, Nkanyiso, et al.. (2022). Nonlinear Dynamics of the Development-Inequality Nexus in Emerging Countries: The Case of a Prudential Policy Regime. Economies. 10(5). 120–120. 5 indexed citations
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Mbatha, Nkanyiso, et al.. (2021). Economic growth and income inequality: a non-linear econometrics analysis of the SADC region, 1990–2015. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies. 12(2). 285–301. 12 indexed citations
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Mkololo, Thumeka, Nkanyiso Mbatha, Venkataraman Sivakumar, et al.. (2020). Stratosphere–Troposphere Exchange and O3 Variability in the Lower Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere over the Irene SHADOZ Site, South Africa. Atmosphere. 11(6). 586–586. 6 indexed citations
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Xulu, Sifiso, Nkanyiso Mbatha, Kabir Peerbhay, & Michael Gebreslasie. (2020). Detecting Harvest Events in Plantation Forest Using Sentinel-1 and -2 Data via Google Earth Engine. Forests. 11(12). 1283–1283. 10 indexed citations
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Bègue, Nelson, Lerato Shikwambana, Hassan Benchérif, et al.. (2020). Statistical analysis of the long-range transport of the 2015 Calbuco volcanic plume from ground-based and space-borne observations. Annales Geophysicae. 38(2). 395–420. 11 indexed citations
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Benchérif, Hassan, et al.. (2020). Ozone Variability and Trend Estimates from 20-Years of Ground-Based and Satellite Observations at Irene Station, South Africa. Atmosphere. 11(11). 1216–1216. 14 indexed citations
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Benchérif, Hassan, Nelson Bègue, Damaris Kirsch Pinheiro, et al.. (2020). Investigating the Long-Range Transport of Aerosol Plumes Following the Amazon Fires (August 2019): A Multi-Instrumental Approach from Ground-Based and Satellite Observations. Remote Sensing. 12(22). 3846–3846. 19 indexed citations
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Benchérif, Hassan, et al.. (2019). Study on Temporal Variations of Surface Temperature and Rainfall at Conakry Airport, Guinea: 1960–2016. Climate. 7(7). 93–93. 17 indexed citations
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Benchérif, Hassan, Nkanyiso Mbatha, André Passáglia Schuch, et al.. (2017). Measurements of the total ozone column using a Brewer spectrophotometer and TOMS and OMI satellite instruments over the Southern Space Observatory in Brazil. Annales Geophysicae. 35(1). 25–37. 23 indexed citations
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Nyeki, S., Christoph Wehrli, Jülian Gröbner, et al.. (2015). The GAW‐PFR aerosol optical depth network: The 2008–2013 time series at Cape Point Station, South Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 120(10). 5070–5084. 11 indexed citations

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