Sim2Real SAR Image Restoration: Metadata-Driven Models for Joint Despeckling and Sidelobes Reduction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01541v1
• Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:32:04 GMT
• Title: Sim2Real SAR Image Restoration: Metadata-Driven Models for Joint Despeckling and Sidelobes Reduction
• Abstract summary: We propose a unified framework that jointly performs despeckling and sidelobes reduction.<n>Inference can then be performed on real SAR images, demonstrating effective simulation to real (Sim2Real) transferability.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provides valuable information about the Earth's surface under all weather and illumination conditions. However, the inherent phenomenon of speckle and the presence of sidelobes around bright targets pose challenges for accurate interpretation of SAR imagery. Most existing SAR image restoration methods address despeckling and sidelobes reduction as separate tasks. In this paper, we propose a unified framework that jointly performs both tasks using neural networks (NNs) trained on a realistic SAR simulated dataset generated with MOCEM. Inference can then be performed on real SAR images, demonstrating effective simulation to real (Sim2Real) transferability. Additionally, we incorporate acquisition metadata as auxiliary input to the NNs, demonstrating improved restoration performance.

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