Preface

This book focuses on the rapidly expanding field of fiber-optic-based distributed sensing with applications in hydrology and near-surface processes. While there are many texts and works devoted to fiber-based sensing, we strive in this text to provide the reader with an introduction to the technologies, a few examples and applications, and encouragement to apply some of these techniques. The potential for application to many other problems in hydrogeology and earth science is enormous, and our hope is that this text will inspire readers to dream.