Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net 1680-7367 1680-7375 9 2 2009 10.5194/acpd-9-8667-2009 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/8667/2009/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/8667/2009/acpd-9-8667-2009.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/8667/2009/acpd-9-8667-2009.pdf 8667 8682 2009-04-01 Direct estimates of emissions from the megacity of Lagos J. R. Hopkins M. J. Evans mat@env.leeds.ac.uk J. D. Lee A. C. Lewis J. H. Marsham J. B. McQuaid D. J. Parker D. J. Stewart C. E. Reeves R. M. Purvis National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurement, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK We report here top-down emissions estimate for an African megacity. 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