Is standard SAR pre-processing steps required in SNAP before I can do further polarimetry in PolSARpro?

Microwave Toolbox Polarimetry
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Greetings all!

I’m new to SAR but need to learn this field for my current MSc thesis. It’s quite interesting but lots to learn!

So far it seems I will need to do Pol-SAR pre-processing for one type of problem and InSAR for another. After getting into the literature and following the NASA ARSET lecture series on YouTube my main questions right now are:

  1. Do I do the standard pre-processing steps in SNAP and then do further pre-processing in PolSARpro?

  2. SNAP seems to have Pol-SAR pre-processing features via Radar > Polarimetry but on the PolSARpro webpage it’s stated “In order to take advantage of specific functionalities offered in the Sentinel-1 Toolbox, a dedicated bridge has been built between the two softwares.” Do I still require both softwares or can I do Pol-SAR preprocessing in PolSARpro?

Thank you!