diff --git a/app/models/orm/migrations/versions/ef3392e8e054_.py b/app/models/orm/migrations/versions/ef3392e8e054_.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05360d4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/orm/migrations/versions/ef3392e8e054_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""update resolution metadata fields
+
+Revision ID: ef3392e8e054
+Revises: d767b6dd2c4c
+Create Date: 2024-09-10 14:19:43.424752
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+import sqlalchemy_utils
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'ef3392e8e054'
+down_revision = 'd767b6dd2c4c'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.alter_column('dataset_metadata', 'resolution', nullable=True, new_column_name='spatial_resolution')
+    op.add_column('dataset_metadata', sa.Column('resolution_description', sa.String(), nullable=True))
+    op.alter_column('version_metadata', 'resolution', nullable=True, new_column_name='spatial_resolution')
+    op.add_column('version_metadata', sa.Column('resolution_description', sa.String(), nullable=True))
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    op.alter_column('dataset_metadata', 'spatial_resolution', nullable=True, new_column_name='resolution')
+    op.drop_column('version_metadata', 'resolution_description')
+    op.alter_column('version_metadata', 'spatial_resolution', nullable=True, new_column_name='resolution')
+    op.drop_column('dataset_metadata', 'resolution_description')
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
diff --git a/app/models/orm/mixins.py b/app/models/orm/mixins.py
index 7577a77ac..c1cf744db 100644
--- a/app/models/orm/mixins.py
+++ b/app/models/orm/mixins.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 class MetadataMixin:
     title = db.Column(db.String)
-    resolution = db.Column(db.Numeric)
+    spatial_resolution = db.Column(db.Numeric)
+    resolution_description = db.Column(db.String)
     geographic_coverage = db.Column(db.String)
     update_frequency = db.Column(db.String)
     citation = db.Column(db.String)
diff --git a/app/models/pydantic/metadata.py b/app/models/pydantic/metadata.py
index f17d44b6d..01f5a7308 100644
--- a/app/models/pydantic/metadata.py
+++ b/app/models/pydantic/metadata.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 
 class CommonMetadata(BaseModel):
-    resolution: Optional[Union[int, float]]
+    spatial_resolution: Optional[Union[int, float]]
+    resolution_description: Optional[str]
     geographic_coverage: Optional[str]
     update_frequency: Optional[str]
     scale: Optional[str]
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ class Config:
         schema_extra = {
             "examples": [
                 {
-                    "resolution": 10,
+                    "spatial_resolution": 10,
+                    "resolution_description": "10 meters",
                     "geographic_coverage": "Amazon Basin",
                     "update_frequency": "Updated daily, image revisit time every 5 days",
                     "scale": "regional",
diff --git a/tests/crud/test_versions.py b/tests/crud/test_versions.py
index 673c1f8ad..4dbf28d86 100644
--- a/tests/crud/test_versions.py
+++ b/tests/crud/test_versions.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ async def test_versions(app):
             metadata=metadata.dict(by_alias=True),
             change_log=[logs.dict(by_alias=True)],
         )
-    assert row.metadata.resolution == version_metadata["resolution"]
+    assert row.metadata.spatial_resolution == version_metadata["spatial_resolution"]
     assert row.change_log[0]["date_time"] == json.loads(logs.json())["date_time"]
     assert row.change_log[0]["status"] == logs.dict(by_alias=True)["status"]
     assert row.change_log[0]["message"] == logs.dict(by_alias=True)["message"]
diff --git a/tests/routes/datasets/test_versions.py b/tests/routes/datasets/test_versions.py
index 2fbd1b3d9..0c3b084f9 100755
--- a/tests/routes/datasets/test_versions.py
+++ b/tests/routes/datasets/test_versions.py
@@ -56,8 +56,11 @@ async def test_versions(async_client: AsyncClient):
     assert version_data["data"]["dataset"] == dataset
     assert version_data["data"]["version"] == version
     assert (
-        version_data["data"]["metadata"]["resolution"] == version_metadata["resolution"]
+        version_data["data"]["metadata"]["spatial_resolution"] == version_metadata["spatial_resolution"]
     )
+    assert (
+        version_data["data"]["metadata"]["resolution_description"] == version_metadata["resolution_description"]
+    )    
     assert (
         version_data["data"]["metadata"]["content_date_range"]["start_date"]
         == version_metadata["content_date_range"]["start_date"]
@@ -180,8 +183,8 @@ async def test_version_metadata(async_client: AsyncClient):
     assert response.status_code == 201
 
     assert (
-        response.json()["data"]["metadata"]["resolution"]
-        == version_metadata["resolution"]
+        response.json()["data"]["metadata"]["spatial_resolution"]
+        == version_metadata["spatial_resolution"]
     )
     assert (
         response.json()["data"]["metadata"]["content_date_range"]
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index c3dba73e6..a9a4075a0 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 version_metadata = {
     "content_date_range": {"start_date": "2000-01-01", "end_date": "2021-01-01"},
     "last_update": "2020-01-03",
-    "resolution": 10,
+    "spatial_resolution": 10,
+    "resolution_description": "10 meters",
 }
 
 asset_metadata = {
diff --git a/tests_v2/fixtures/metadata/version.py b/tests_v2/fixtures/metadata/version.py
index c05f4e274..63a81369c 100644
--- a/tests_v2/fixtures/metadata/version.py
+++ b/tests_v2/fixtures/metadata/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 VERSION_METADATA = {
     "content_date_range": {"start_date": "2000-01-01", "end_date": "2021-01-01"},
     "last_update": "2020-01-03",
-    "resolution": 10,
+    "spatial_resolution": 10,
+    "resolution_description": "10 meters",
 }