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A Satellite Image Time Series (SITS) is a set of
satellite image Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world. Satellite imaging companies sell i ...
s taken from the same scene at different times. A SITS makes use of different satellite sources to obtain a larger data series with short time interval between two images. In this case, it is fundamental to observe the
spatial resolution In physics and geosciences, the term spatial resolution refers to distance between independent measurements, or the physical dimension that represents a pixel of the image. While in some instruments, like cameras and telescopes, spatial resoluti ...
and registration constraints. Satellite observations offer opportunities for understanding how
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is changing, for determining the causes of these changes, and for predicting future changes. Remotely sensed data, combined with information from
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models, offers an opportunity for predicting and understanding the behavior of the Earth's
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. Sensors with high spatial and
temporal resolution Temporal resolution (TR) refers to the discrete resolution of a measurement with respect to time. It is defined as the amount of time needed to revisit and acquire data for exactly the same location. When applied to remote sensing, this amount of ...
s make the observation of precise spatio-temporal structures in dynamic scenes more accessible. Temporal components integrated with
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and spatial dimensions allows the identification of complex patterns concerning applications connected with
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and analysis of land-cover dynamics.


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6283 , pages=45–52 , type=Proceedings , chapter=Analysing Satellite Image Time Series by Means of Pattern Mining , first1=François , last1=Petitjean , first2=Pierre , last2=Gançarski , first3=Florent , last3=Masseglia , first4=Germain , last4=Forestier , isbn=978-3-642-15380-8 , oclc=3719235 , chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Eo7WfZsecIC&dq=%22Satellite+Image+Time+Series%22&pg=PA45 Photographic techniques Satellite imagery Time series