SNAP 14 is here – More missions, faster processing and powerful new analysis tools!

We are pleased to announce the release of SNAP 14.0, a major update bringing advanced hyperspectral and InSAR capabilities, faster product reading, broader mission support and improved reliability across SNAP and its toolboxes.

Highlights

• Powerful hyperspectral processing – a new Spectral Library tool with standard-format import and export, pixel-based spectral extraction, metadata editing, spectral noise reduction, resampling and classification capabilities.
• Faster product reading – improved caching for NetCDF, Sentinel-3 and other supported products.
• Updated reader infrastructure – modernised product readers with improved virtual-file-system support and broader product compatibility.
• Improved GDAL support – updated GDAL to version 3.12.1, with fixes for performance, memory usage and parallel processing.
• Enhanced STAC support – improved handling of product-type variations and assets with multiple roles.
• More reliable workflows – fixes and improvements for Graph Builder, DEM downloads, DIMAP export, mask propagation and project handling.
• Better product compatibility – improved support for Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3, ENVISAT MERIS, NetCDF CF, EnMAP and other products.

Microwave Toolbox

• New InSAR analysis tools, including phase-linking analysis and empirical tropospheric correction.
• New MuLog speckle filter for multi-channel logarithmic speckle filtering.
• Expanded mission support, with readers and updates for EOS4, ALOS-4, Sentinel-1D and NISAR Level-1 products.
• Faster SAR product access through ProductCache support for NetCDF SAR readers and Sentinel-1 products.
• Improved SAR preprocessing, including dual-polarisation support for products from the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory at IIT Bombay and corrected Thermal Noise Removal processing.
• Updated terminology, replacing Master/Slave band naming with Reference/Secondary naming.

Optical Toolbox

• New FLEX mission support, including Phase-E1 support for ESA’s Earth Explorer FLEX mission.
• New hyperspectral tools for preprocessing, spectral noise reduction and improved Spectral Library integration with spectral unmixing.
• Improved PACE OCI support, with reader caching and compatibility with newer OCI Level-1B products.
• Faster optical product reading through ReaderCache support for NetCDF and Sentinel-3 readers.
• Modernised optical readers, with updated implementations, virtual-file-system support and improved Sentinel-3 DDDB handling.
• Improved Sentinel-2 handling, including corrected no-data behaviour and better resolution handling for the B1 band and masks in Level-2A products.
• Expanded Sentinel-3 compatibility, including support for the SL_2_WST Baseline 004 product format and fixes for OLCI and DDDB products.
• More reliable optical workflows, with restored access to ENVISAT MERIS Level-1 products and fixes for Reflectance to Radiance and Spectral Angle Mapper graphs executed through the graphical interface.

Get SNAP 14 now: https://step.esa.int/main/download/snap-download/

Documentation & full changelog: https://step.esa.int/main/public-roadmap-and-changelog/