Speckle noise in high-resolution synthetic aperture radar （SAR） images is generated by the coherent processing of radar signals and exists in all types of coherent images systems. In this paper we study the characteristics and statistical properties of speckle noise in SAR image

redefine the speckle definition

analyse the reasons about the speckle noise generation and

give the statistics formula. The experimental results indicate the statistics result is more precise than the traditional statistics result. The theory of interferometry has been used to increase resolution of the radar

but the aberrance target will appear on the SAR image thus result in the reduction of SNR reduce

while electromagnetic waves irradiate target. The interaction of the transmitted wave and echo wave as well as the transmitted wave of other objects results in speckle

which is one of the most important characters of the SAR image. SAR image doesn’t directly display the spectrum characteristic of the point target

but displays the scattering characteristic. During the movement of the radar

the interaction of the transmitted wave

echo wave and other noise wave results in distortion of the echo wave. The speckle is considered traditionally as pixels

whose breadth is more than the mean breadth variance. However the traditional definition doesn’t completely reflect the characteristic of the aberrance target in SAR image. This paper based on the characteristic of the echo wave analyses the cause of the speckle during the period of the emission

take-over

data transmission

echo demodulation and imaging process of the radar signal. According to the characteristic of the echo wave area in SAR image

this paper brings forward the definition of the speckle

and the method of analysis and statistic for the characteristic. This paper creates the mathematics model and the methods for computing the speckle by means of averaging energy of each echo wave of the target. Thus the natural characteristic of the speckle in SAR image can be accurately reflected. Our result will contribute to the research of the interferometric SAR.