Supported polarimetric SAR data products

You can use SAR Polarimetry Target Analysis to analyze various types of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) data products, in complex or detected format, as shown in the following tables.

Table 1. Supported SAR sensors, fully polarimetric
Sensor Polarization type Format
AIRSAR Fully polarimetric Complex
ALOS-1 PALSAR

Single
Dual
Fully polarimetric

Complex
Detected
Complex

ALOS-2 PALSAR

Single
Dual
Fully polarimetric

Complex
Detected
Complex

Convair-580 Fully polarimetric Complex
Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM)

Single
Dual
Fully polarimetric

Complex
Detected
Complex

Radarsat-2

Single
Dual
Fully polarimetric

Complex
Detected
Complex

SAOCOM

Single
Dual
Fully polarimetric

Complex
Detected
Complex

SIR-C Fully polarimetric Complex
TerraSAR-X

Single
Dual
Fully polarimetric

Complex
Detected
Complex

UAVSAR Fully polarimetric Complex

Table 2. Supported SAR sensors, single or dual polarimetric
Sensor Polarization Format
Cosmo-SkyMed

Single
Dual

Complex
Detected

Kompsat-5

Single
Dual

Complex
Detected

PAZ

Single
Dual

Complex
Detected

RISAT-1

Single
Dual

Complex
Detected

Sentinel-1

Single
Dual

Complex
Detected

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