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Thirteen Short Chapters on Remote Sensing Kindle Edition

by Iain Woodhouse (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
"A unique collection of essays written by somebody with passion and understanding!" - Dr Ilona Kemeling, Kemeling Consulting @IlonaKeCo

"Quirky but useful" - Prof Chris Merchant, Reading University @ChrisJMerchant

This is a different kind of remote sensing book. Unlike the usual text books you might be used to, this is a concepts book – it is meant to make you think about the "why" more than the "how". You might consider it a companion reader, or perhaps in some cases, an antidote to some of the conceptual errors or simplifications that permeate many of the textbooks. Plenty of other books will explain how to do remote sensing, but they tend to skimp on the fundamental principles, both technical and conceptual, that this author believes to be important elements of what make remote sensing identifiable as a coherent subject.

Mostly, this text is intended to be an interesting and helpful read; a starting point for new questions and conversations with classmates and colleagues. It is very much a personal look at the essence of remote sensing formulated over Dr Woodhouse’s 25 years of experience in remote sensing. The book aims to be an encouragement to see remote sensing as not just pretty pictures, but as a rigorous scientific discipline that is both fascinating and challenging in equal measure.

While it’s not a textbook, it is quite technical in places and so it’s probably not a book for the complete novice, but better suited to those students of remote sensing who find they are learning how to do things, but maybe aren't sure why they are worth learning.

Contents:
1. Defining remote sensing and Earth observation
2. Some thoughts on grammar
3. Conceptual frameworks: seeing vs hearing
4. Two things that can give remote sensing a bad name
5. The forward problem (modelling)
6. The inverse problem
7. Impulse Response Function
8. Resolution
9. Precision vs accuracy
10. Error, noise and uncertainty
11. Occam’s Razor
12. EO and greenhouse effect
13. Who pays for remote sensing?

About the author:
Dr Woodhouse is an international expert in remote sensing and Earth observation and is a Faculty member at The University of Edinburgh. He has more than 25 years of experience in the subject, spanning sounding of the atmosphere, radar measurements of forest biomass and most recently, multispectral lidar. He is widely known as the author of "Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing", and for his Forest Planet blog, where he regularly provides educational resources for students and teachers of remote sensing.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CXRSOVA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Speckled Press
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 21 May 2013
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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I am a scientist, entrepreneur and citizen of Planet Earth who believes that space technology has the capacity to improve the lives of everyone on the planet. I am a Professor of Applied Earth Observation at the School of GeoSciences in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, where I help to build the capacity of future geographers, geoscientists and GIS specialists. I am the founder of REDD Horizon, a capacity building programme in Malawi. In 2008 I was a co-founder of Ecometrica (a land use and carbon accounting company) and in 2011 I co-founded Carbomap (a very young forest survey company just spinning out of the university).

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  • W. G. Vale
    5.0 out of 5 stars A text book, but a good read too.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2013
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    I have yet to finish reading this book, but so far I've found it thought provoking and not difficult to read. Having had some remote sensing experience with the use of radar for collision avoidance and navigation I'm enjoying this opportunity to extend my knowledge.
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  • william mackaness
    4.0 out of 5 stars a walk in the woods
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2013
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    As I read this book, it reminded me of some of the walks I do which avoid any paths. I walked across a vast moor a few months ago, and agreed to meet my wife at a small village. The last part of the journey was through a forest planted on a moderately steep slope..

    I crossed the moor - it was beautiful, and then started to descend down through the forest. The problem was that the forest tracks cut 'across' the slope and I could not find a road that cut down the hill. No matter, I thought, I will simply walk a straight line, through the forest directly down slope.

    All started well, but the trees became thicker and thicker, the branches flicking in my face, till I could only descend by turning my back to the branches, and walking backwards. I sort of 'fell' down the hill and emerged somewhat 'tattered' at the bottom. Quite enjoyable but not what I planned!

    I had no idea what to expect from this book. A little like my trip across the moors, it started in an innocent manner but became gradually tougher as it made assumptions about the reader's knowledge. Lovely walk though.
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  • student
    5.0 out of 5 stars helpful
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2014
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    Very to the point, covered many topics and an easy read. Would recommend to anyone who is interested in remote sensing.
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  • nz
    4.0 out of 5 stars Probably the easiest Remote Sensing read available...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2013
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    This is a fun read! The sort of book that you could read a chapter while waiting for the bus.

    It's written with the reader in mind. It doesn't try to baffle you with complex science but instead shares ideas in a very easy to understand way.
    It gets a bit heavier in the middle chapters with some maths, but throughout there are links to examples which make things more palatable.

    The book covers a range of topics which are associated with Remote Sensing, from what resolution really means, to the difference between accuracy and precision.

    This isn't a book which will teach you how to do remote sensing, but instead will give you some things to think about and help you from falling into some of the more common traps / misconceptions when you're reading / studying other books about the topic of Remote Sensing.
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  • slavender
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2014
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    Read this on a short flight and it certainly provided some food for thought - already recommended it to a PhD student. However, I think it might have been better without the last 2-3 chapters that didn't seem to follow the flow so well.
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  • John Powell
    4.0 out of 5 stars Actually really thought provoking, I just wish it were ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2017
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    Actually really thought provoking, I just wish it were longer -- I guess there is a clue in the title.
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  • Terra Nova
    4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable read with a unique perspective on EO
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 July 2013
    Earth observation in its many forms is a complicated and wide ranging subject. It is often difficult to translate the EO image obtained into an understanding of how the electromagnetic radiation has interacted with the Earths surface. Through a series of ingenious analogy's such as bat echo sounding, this book provides a unique perspective on EO that is not found in other books. A useful, but most importantly enjoyable, read.
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  • Matthias_is
    4.0 out of 5 stars A great companion to techinical remote sensing books.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2013
    Written in a delightfully informal manner this concept book brings to mind many ideas that even the most experienced remote sensors stumble over time and time again. Serving as a great companion to Dr.Woodhouse's earlier published book "Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing" this book does not attempt to expand on technical or theoretical concepts but rather concentrates on improving the reader's clarity of common remote sensing issues and perhaps serves to influence the reader's motivations for using remote sensing. Although this book has many pieces of useful information for those new to, or uneducated in certain aspects of, remote sensing it also delivers insightful information on more complex concepts such as forward and inverse modelling and their relative merits and uses. This book embodies the novice and expert to report scientific findings in a manner that avoids confusion or error and serves as a great reference for correct use of remote sensing grammar and terminology when educating others.
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  • AS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Plain-English Overview
    Reviewed in the United States on 23 June 2020
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    This short text is an outstanding plain-English overview of remote sensing. Reading in June 2020, its references (e.g., Google Earth, cubesat) are modern and applicable. Highly recommended, I definitely see myself referring back to and re-reading parts when I need to back away from the math and remember what it all means in simple words. Many thanks to the author for a great book.
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