209 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, November 21, 2024)

Based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK)'s SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 209 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 105 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Thursday (21/11/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 209 hotspots detected, 2 have a high confidence level, 198 are medium, and 9 are low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into 3 scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots were detected in Central Sulawesi (39). East Nusa Tenggara is second with 37 hotspots, followed by East Kalimantan with 29.

Southeast Sulawesi has 23 detected hotspots, followed by South Sulawesi with 21, and North Maluku and West Nusa Tenggara each with 18.

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 clustered hotspots in an 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.