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Are scientific abstracts written in poetic verse an effective representation of the underlying research? [Version 3] (2016)
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Illingworth, S. (2016). Are scientific abstracts written in poetic verse an effective representation of the underlying research? [Version 3]. F1000Research, 5, Article 91. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.7783.3

The central purpose of science is to explain (Purtill, 1970). However, who is that explanation for, and how is this explanation communicated once it has been deduced?
Scientific research is typically communicated via papers in journals, with an abst... Read More about Are scientific abstracts written in poetic verse an effective representation of the underlying research? [Version 3].

A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Live Projects in Art and Chemistry (2016)
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Illingworth, S., McLean, M., & Patel, D. (2016). A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Live Projects in Art and Chemistry. Brookes eJournal of Learning and Teaching, 8(1-2),

This article describes a set of interdisciplinary live projects that were carried out at Manchester Metropolitan University over the summer of 2014, between arts and chemistry undergraduate students. It was found that by working as part of an interdi... Read More about A Case Study of Interdisciplinary Live Projects in Art and Chemistry.

Twittering about research: A case study of the world’s first twitter poster competition [Version 3] (2016)
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Randviir, E. P., Illingworth, S. M., Baker, M. J., Cude, M., & Banks, C. E. (2016). Twittering about research: A case study of the world’s first twitter poster competition [Version 3]. F1000Research, 4, Article 798. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6992.3

The Royal Society of Chemistry held, to our knowledge, the world’s first Twitter conference at 9am on February 5 th, 2015. The conference was a Twitter-only conference, allowing researchers to upload academic posters as tweets, replacing a physical m... Read More about Twittering about research: A case study of the world’s first twitter poster competition [Version 3].

What does the UK public want from academic science communication? [Version 1] (2016)
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Redfern, J., Illingworth, S., & Verran, J. (2016). What does the UK public want from academic science communication? [Version 1]. F1000Research, 5, Article 1261. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.8815.1

The overall aim of public academic science communication is to engage a non-scientist with a particular field of science and/or research topic, often driven by the expertise of the academic. An e-survey was designed to provide insight into respondent... Read More about What does the UK public want from academic science communication? [Version 1].

What’s in a Name? Exploring the Nomenclature of Science Communication in the UK [version 2] (2015)
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Illingworth, S., Redfern, J., Millington, S., & Gray, S. (2015). What’s in a Name? Exploring the Nomenclature of Science Communication in the UK [version 2]. F1000Research, 4, Article 409. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.6858.2

This study, via a consideration of the literature, and a limited survey of active science communicators, presents concise and workable definitions for science outreach, public engagement, widening participation, and knowledge exchange, in a UK contex... Read More about What’s in a Name? Exploring the Nomenclature of Science Communication in the UK [version 2].

Does attending a large science event enthuse young people about science careers? (2015)
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Illingworth, S., Lewis, E., & Percival, C. (2015). Does attending a large science event enthuse young people about science careers?. Journal of Science Communication, 14(2), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.14020206

A survey was conducted during the University of Manchester’s 2014 ‘Science Extravaganza’, which saw the participation of over 900 Key Stage 3 (ages 11–14) students in a range of interactive demonstrations, all run by active University researchers. Th... Read More about Does attending a large science event enthuse young people about science careers?.

Interactive and Interdisciplinary Student Work: A Facilitative Methodology to Encourage Lifelong Learning (2015)
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Blake, J., & Illingworth, S. (2015). Interactive and Interdisciplinary Student Work: A Facilitative Methodology to Encourage Lifelong Learning. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 17(2), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.17.2SI.107

In order to support and facilitate continuous learning and a growth mindset, it is essential that students be exposed to learning opportunities that explicitly allow them to apply and practice what they have learned. (Dweck, 2007)This paper focuses o... Read More about Interactive and Interdisciplinary Student Work: A Facilitative Methodology to Encourage Lifelong Learning.

Developing key skills as a science communicator: Case studies of two scientist-led outreach programmes (2015)
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Illingworth, S. M., & Roop, H. A. (2015). Developing key skills as a science communicator: Case studies of two scientist-led outreach programmes. Geosciences, 5(1), 2-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences5010002

Outreach by scientific researchers in school classrooms often results in widespread benefit for learners, classroom teachers and researchers. This paper presents a consideration of these benefits using two case studies in the Geography, Earth and Env... Read More about Developing key skills as a science communicator: Case studies of two scientist-led outreach programmes.

Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential (2015)
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Muller, C., Chapman, L., Johnston, S., Kidd, C., Illingworth, S., Foody, G., Overeem, A., & Leigh, R. (2015). Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential. International Journal of Climatology, 35(11), 3185-3203. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4210

Crowdsourcing is traditionally defined as obtaining data or information by enlisting the services of a (potentially large) number of people. However, due to recent innovations, this definition can now be expanded to include ‘and/or from a range of pu... Read More about Crowdsourcing for climate and atmospheric sciences: Current status and future potential.

Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne TIR-FTS system--Part 2: Validation and results from aircraft campaigns (2014)
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Allen, G., Illingworth, S., O'Shea, S., Newman, S., Vance, A., Bauguitte, S.-B., Marenco, F., Kent, J., Bower, K., Gallagher, M., Muller, J., Percival, C., Harlow, C., Lee, J., & Taylor, J. (2014). Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne TIR-FTS system--Part 2: Validation and results from aircraft campaigns. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7(12), 4401-4416. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4401-2014

This study validates trace gas and thermodynamic retrievals from nadir infrared spectroscopic measurements recorded by the UK Met Office Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES) – a thermal infrared, Fourier transform spectrometer (... Read More about Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne TIR-FTS system--Part 2: Validation and results from aircraft campaigns.

Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes and their regional scalability for the European Arctic wetlands during the MAMM project in summer 2012 (2014)
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O'Shea, S. J., Allen, G., Gallagher, M. W., Bower, K., Illingworth, S., Muller, J., Jones, B. T., Percival, C., Bauguitte, S., Cain, M., Warwick, N., Quiquet, A., Skiba, U., Drewer, J., Dinsmore, K., Nisbet, E., Lowry, D., Fisher, R., France, J., Aurela, M., …Pyle, J. (2014). Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes and their regional scalability for the European Arctic wetlands during the MAMM project in summer 2012. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(23), 13159-13174. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-13159-2014

Airborne and ground-based measurements of methane (CH4), carbon dioxide (CO2) and boundary layer thermodynamics were recorded over the Fennoscandian landscape (67–69.5° N, 20–28° E) in July 2012 as part of the MAMM (Methane and other greenhouse gases... Read More about Methane and carbon dioxide fluxes and their regional scalability for the European Arctic wetlands during the MAMM project in summer 2012.

Airborne measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic: A winter – summer comparison (2014)
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Jones, B. T., Muller, J. B., O'Shea, S. J., Bacak, A., Le Breton, M., Bannan, T. J., Leather, K. E., Booth, A. M., Illingworth, S., Bower, K., Gallagher, M. W., Allen, G., Shallcross, D. E., Bauguitte, S. J.-B., Pyle, J. A., & Percival, C. J. (2014). Airborne measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic: A winter – summer comparison. Atmospheric Environment, 99, 556-567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.10.030

This study represents the first airborne, in-situ measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic, across the winter and summer seasons. HC(O)OH concentrations are under predicted at present, particularly in the mid to high northern latitudes. Data pr... Read More about Airborne measurements of HC(O)OH in the European Arctic: A winter – summer comparison.

Feasibility of aerial measurements of methane emissions from landfills (2014)
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Allen, G., Gallagher, M., Hollingsworth, P., Illingworth, S., Kabbabe, K., & Percival, C. (2014). Feasibility of aerial measurements of methane emissions from landfills. Bristol: Environment Agency

This desk-based study has identified the most suitable aerial system, instrumentation and methods to measure the amount of methane released to the atmosphere from UK landfill sites.

It will help the Environment Agency and other government bodies t... Read More about Feasibility of aerial measurements of methane emissions from landfills.

Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne FTS system – Part 1: Technical aspects and simulated capability (2014)
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Illingworth, S., Allen, G., Newman, S., Vance, A., Marenco, F., Harlow, R., Taylor, J., Moore, D., & Remedios, J. (2014). Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne FTS system – Part 1: Technical aspects and simulated capability. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7(4), 10833-10887. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-1133-2014

In this study we present an assessment of the retrieval capability of the Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES): an airborne remote-sensing Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) operated on the UK Facility for Airborne Atmospheric... Read More about Atmospheric composition and thermodynamic retrievals from the ARIES airborne FTS system – Part 1: Technical aspects and simulated capability.

Measurement of boundary layer ozone concentrations on-board a Skywalker unmanned aerial vehicle (2014)
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Illingworth, S., Allen, G., Percival, C., Hollingsworth, P., Gallagher, M., Ricketts, H., Hayes, H., Ładosz, P., Crawley, D., & Roberts, G. (2014). Measurement of boundary layer ozone concentrations on-board a Skywalker unmanned aerial vehicle. Atmospheric Science Letters, 15(4), 252-258. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl2.496

This study demonstrates novel measurements of in situ ozone (O3) concentrations and thermodynamics sampled on‐board an instrumented Skywalker Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Small spatial and temporal gradients were observed over a localized region, w... Read More about Measurement of boundary layer ozone concentrations on-board a Skywalker unmanned aerial vehicle.

The Blue Marble: a model for primary school STEM outreach (2013)
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Muller, C. L., Roberts, S., Wilson, R., Remedios, J., Illingworth, S., Graves, R., Trent, T., Henderson, J., Wilkinson, J., Wilkinson, M., & Desai, A. (2013). The Blue Marble: a model for primary school STEM outreach. Physics Education, 48(2), 176. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9120/48/2/176

As part of 'The Blue Marble' project, the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham, UK, have developed day-long, interdisciplinary, hands-on workshops for primary schools to introduce space technology and the role of the research scientist. The works... Read More about The Blue Marble: a model for primary school STEM outreach.

Airborne observations of trace gases over boreal Canada during BORTAS: campaign climatology, air mass analysis and enhancement ratios (2013)
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O'Shea, S., Allen, G., Gallagher, M., Bauguitte, S.-B., Illingworth, S., Le Breton, M., Muller, J., Percival, C., Archibald, A., Oram, D., Parrington, M., Palmer, P., & Lewis, A. (2013). Airborne observations of trace gases over boreal Canada during BORTAS: campaign climatology, air mass analysis and enhancement ratios. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13(24), 12451-12467. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-12451-2013

In situ airborne measurements were made over eastern Canada in summer 2011 as part of the BORTAS experiment (Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites). In this paper we pre... Read More about Airborne observations of trace gases over boreal Canada during BORTAS: campaign climatology, air mass analysis and enhancement ratios.

Hyperspectral Earth observation from IASI: Five years of accomplishments (2012)
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Hilton, F., Armante, R., August, T., Barnet, C., Bouchard, A., Camy-Peyret, C., Capelle, V., Clarisse, L., Clerbaux, C., Coheur, P.-F., Collard, A., Crevoisier, C., Dufour, G., Edwards, D., Faijan Nadia Fourrié, F., Gambacorta, A., Goldberg, M., Guidard, V., Hurtmans, D., Illingworth, S., …Zhou, D. (2012). Hyperspectral Earth observation from IASI: Five years of accomplishments. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93(3), 347-370. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00027.1

The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) forms the main infrared sounding component of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites's (EUMETSAT's) Meteorological Operation (MetOp)-A satellite (Klaes et al... Read More about Hyperspectral Earth observation from IASI: Five years of accomplishments.

A comparison of OEM CO retrievals from the IASI and MOPITT instruments (2011)
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Illingworth, S. M., Remedios, J. J., Boesch, H., Ho, S.-P., Edwards, D., Palmer, P., & Gonzi, S. (2011). A comparison of OEM CO retrievals from the IASI and MOPITT instruments. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4, 775-793. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-4-775-2011

Observations of atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) can only be made on continental and global scales by remote sensing instruments situated in space. One such instrument is the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI), producing spectrally r... Read More about A comparison of OEM CO retrievals from the IASI and MOPITT instruments.