Understanding Radar Satellite Images: Iain Woodhouse - MBM#37

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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.
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About Iain
- Twitter: / fortiain
- LinkedIn: / ihwoodhouse
- Blog: forestplanet.wordpress.com/
- Iain's current course on Earth Observation at the University of Edinburgh: www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgra...
Shownotes
Note: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books.
- Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing: (Affiliate link) amzn.to/3Wccg0j
- Edinburgh's Camera Obscura: www.camera-obscura.co.uk/
- Echoes in Space MOOC by ESA: eo4society.esa.int/resources/...
- How Earth Observation Ends: or, Everything you wanted to know about typing pools but were afraid to ask: / how-earth-observation-...
- Earth blox: www.earthblox.io/
- 101 Tips for PhD Students: (Affiliate link) amzn.to/3GM59Gr
- Book & Podcast recommendation
- Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman: (Affiliate link) amzn.to/3H7fIoQ
- Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss: (Affiliate link) amzn.to/3H5SdfL
- Harvard Business Review Podcast: hbr.org/podcasts
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
Feel free to reach out!
- Website: mindsbehindmaps.com/
- My Twitter: / maxlenormand
- Podcast Twitter: / mindsbehindmaps
- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter: mindsbehindsmaps_newsletter.ck.page/posts
- Sponsor the Podcast: mindsbehindmaps.com/support
Edited by Peter Xiong: / cellobuddy
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@mindsbehindmaps 4 месяца назад

If you want to understand more of the basics of SAR I also made a video about this no my other channel: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zMsCyEAOrh0.htmlsi=NYCE8ujsgE3PgW8_

@Lunation711 Год назад

Was very fortunate to have Iain as a lecturer in Earth Observation at the University of Edinburgh. His passion for the subject is infectious.

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

I can imagine! I've learned from him through his books & courses, I do say I'm a bit jealous not having seen any of his lectures!

@HaitiHinche Год назад

I love hearing the stories about the letters Ian sent off and got responses to, encouraging him to continue to pursue his interests. I think we often underestimate the importance of these efforts at these institutions.

@sewme1468 5 месяцев назад

i'm over the moon with the food analogy! having worked at a remote sensing company we literally named our code base the 'kitchen'. ❤

@mindsbehindmaps 5 месяцев назад

Love that!

@pareja4229 Год назад

Very interesting interview, thank you very much. The ‘Intro to Microwave RS’ book and the ‘Echoes in Space’ course are fantastic.

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

I'm glad you found it interesting! I can't recommend those enough!

@adben Год назад

Brilliant interview

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

Thank you!

@somdeepkundu2506 Год назад

Such a beautiful lecture

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

Iain is a great teacher!

@somdeepkundu2506 Год назад

Please bring more teachers.. ❤️ You're also a good teacher for us.. and good student for them i think.. you ask really interesting questions..

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

@@somdeepkundu2506 Thanks, really appreciate that! Is there anyone in particular you'd like me to have on the podcast?

@somdeepkundu2506 Год назад

@@mindsbehindmaps I'm studying Natural Hazards and Disaster Management using Remote Sensing and GIS.. If possible make podcast on related to this topic.. ❤️

@stoobydoo2638 Год назад

How can you not have heard of Brian Eno!

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

One has to hear about everything once for the first time!

@SNiz-du6me Год назад

Can SAR penetrate tree leaves to measure ground? If so it might me more useful than lidar to find those lost ancient cities in the Amazon jungle.

@armando517 Год назад

Depends on the band wavelength used. Longer wavelength (L-band) penetrates through canopy, but other shorter wavelength bands do not. My understanding is that LIDAR is preferred for archeological applications because of its higher resolution. Fusing SAR and LIDAR has been done in the past though.

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

Armando answered most of it, the resolution is a lot higher with LiDAR that being said you can cover a lot more ground with SAR Here’s what I found after a quick search that might be of interest: www.researchgate.net/publication/236731001_Satellite_Synthetic_Aperture_Radar_in_Archaeology_and_Cultural_Landscape_An_Overview

@fortiain Год назад

Replies below address this topic. Just to add that the ESA BIOMASs mission will be at P-band (due to launch soon) and that will penetrate through most forest canopies. If you know where you need to look, then lidar has best resolution. If you are not sure where to look, then SAR offers that wide coverage to allow discovery.

@janedoe9940 Год назад

Great interview, congratulations. I particularly like it's less than 2 hours. I don't think I would work on technology with military use. I understand the logic - you need money to develop it, the military has money. But still, I wouldn't. Way too much ethical implications for me to deal with. I guess this is why I do theoretical stuff.

@mindsbehindmaps Год назад

And that's fair enough! Iain's point is more around the need to be aware of the history and funding of most commercial SAR today. Hopefully these conversation help people then make whatever decisions they want, but in a more informed manner

@fortiain Год назад

Yeh. I avoid the military stuff too. But you have to know it’s there.

@sewme1468 5 месяцев назад

what he says about graduates not being hired as experts but as software engineers is so true! you think you will be making maps and doing image analysis. but really, you are just programming all day long