Iain Woodhouse: Understanding Radar Satellite Images - MBM#37
Iain Woodhouse is a Professor of Applied Earth Observation at the University of Edinburgh, the author of multiple books & course on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and one of the best people to explain radar remote sensing with decades of experience teaching but also working in the industry.
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Iain Woodhouse is a Professor of Applied Earth Observation at the University of Edinburgh, the author of multiple books & course on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and one of the best people to explain radar remote sensing with decades of experience teaching but also working in the industry.
About Iain
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Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing (Affiliate Link)
Book & Podcast recommendation
Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Affiliate Link)
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss (Affiliate Link)
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
02:03 Conversation Begins: Getting Into Earth Observation
07:30 Remote Sensing in the 80s
10:25 NASA's Inspirational Power
13:47 The Moment Iain Knew He Wanted to Become An Educator
16:10 Free Education
19:11 Explaining SAR from the beginning
24:56 The 'Intuitive' Way of Understanding SAR
29:08 The Most Interesting Aspects of SAR
37:20 Comparing Optical to Radar
40:17 SAR's Military History
45:48 Military Contracts Subsidise Commercial SAR
49:35 The Impact of New Space on SAR
52:41 The trendline of SAR
57:41 What most excites Iain in Earth Observation today
01:01:44 Earthblox
01:03:57 Who is Earthblox for?
01:05:33 Earthblox's business model
01:08:37 Open Source & Closed Platforms
01:13:58 Closed Platforms in an Educational setting
01:20:04 Typing Pools: Automation Is Coming
01:30:30 Having a foot in Academia & Industry
01:35:59 The Importance of Art
01:40:51 Fostering creativity for scientific people
01:44:25 Advice for People entering Earth Observation
01:48:21 Book and Podcast Recommendation
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