Sensor support for synthetic aperture radar sensors

ArcGIS Pro supports synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors. Supported sensor data is treated as a raster layer with radar properties and capabilities. The level of support depends on the sensor.

When loaded into ArcGIS Pro, the supported sensor data is rendered using the number of polarizations available. If the sensor data has a single polarization, the data is treated as a single-band raster layer. By default, it is displayed as a single-band raster using the Stretched symbology and Standard Deviation stretch type.

Default rendering for single polarized SAR data is shown.

If the sensor data is dual polarized (either VV, VH or HH, HV), the data is treated as a two-band raster layer and is rendered using RGB symbology. By default, this is displayed as Red = band 1, Green = band 2, and Blue= band 2.

The default rendering for dual polarized SAR data is shown.

If the sensor data is quad polarized (includes VV, VH, HH, and HV), the data is treated as a four-band raster and is rendered using RGB symbology. By default, this is displayed as Red = band 1, Green = band 2, and Blue = band 3.

The default rendering for quad polarized SAR data is shown.

Note:

Once the dataset has been processed by a tool outside of the Synthetic Aperture Radar toolset, it is no longer considered a radar layer for rendering purposes.

The two tables below list the tools and raster functions that are available for the various SAR sensors. The ability to process the data using specific polarizations is only available through the geoprocessing tools.

SAR geoprocessing toolset

	Download Orbit File	Apply Orbit Correction	Remove Thermal Noise	Apply Radiometric Calibration	Apply Radiometric Terrain Flattening	Despeckle	Apply Geometric Terrain Correction	Convert SAR Units	Multilook	Create Color Composite
License level	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Image Analyst extension	Desktop Basic
Sentinel-1 GRD
ICEYE GRD
ICEYE SICD
RCM GRD
RADARSAT-2 SGX, SGF, SCN, SCW, SCF, SCS
Capella GEC
Capella GEO
Capella SICD

SAR raster functions

	Sentinel-1 Thermal Noise Removal	Sentinel-1 Radiometric Calibration	Thermal Noise Removal	Radar Calibration	Speckle	Terrain Flatten	Unit Conversion	Complex	Create Color Composite
License level	Desktop Basic	Desktop Basic	ArcGIS Image Analyst extension.	Desktop Basic	Desktop Basic	ArcGIS Image Analyst extension.	Desktop Basic	Desktop Basic	Desktop Basic
Sentinel-1 GRD
Sentinel-1 SLC
ICEYE GRD
ICEYE SICD
RCM GRD
RADARSAT-2 SGX, SGF, SCN, SCW, SCF, SCS
RADARSAT-2 SLC
Capella GEC
Capella GEO
Capella SICD