Temporal Resolution

Temporal Resolution is related to the frequency at which a satellite sensor can capture the same area at regular intervals during a certain period of time. It is one of the most important criteria of remote sensing and earth observation that affects the process of changes on the Earth surface monitoring. Temporal resolution indicates the ability of satellites to capture the same area many times in a short period of time. Such a satellite is useful for detecting fast changes like crop monitoring, weather conditions, floods, forest fires, and others. If you need to detect slower processes in the environment or landscape changes, then low temporal resolution will be more appropriate. Knowing what temporal resolution is will help GIS specialists, remote sensing analysts, researchers, and environmental teams to choose proper satellite data for time series and change detection analyses, agricultural monitoring, disasters, and others.