927 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)

Based on the forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), 24-hour monitoring shows 927 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 131 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Tuesday (13/8/2024) at 16.08 WIB. Of the 927 hotspots detected, 24 have a high confidence level, 852 are medium scale, and 51 are low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the hotspot confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in West Kalimantan with 197. East Nusa Tenggara is second with 149 hotspots, followed by South Sumatra with 93 hotspots.

56 hotspots were detected in North Kalimantan, followed by East Java with 52, and Central Java and Jambi with 36 and 34 hotspots respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings, and not the number of forest and land fire incidents.

However, a large number of hotspots clustered in one area indicates forest and land fires. This means that hotspot data from remote sensing satellites remains the most effective method for monitoring forest and land fires over large areas.