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

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)
Echoes in Space MOOC by ESA
How Earth Observation Ends: or, Everything you wanted to know about typing pools but were afraid to ask.
Earthblox
101 Tips for PhD Students: (Affiliate link)
Book & Podcast recommendation
- Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Affiliate Link)
- Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss (Affiliate Link)
- Harvard Business Review Podcast

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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Iain Woodhouse: Understanding Radar Satellite Images - MBM#37