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.

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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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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