295 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, September 5, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 295 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 238 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is derived from satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Thursday (5/9/2024) at 16.22 WIB. Of the 295 detected hotspots, 4 have a high confidence level, 288 are medium, and 3 are low.

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

The highest number of detected hotspots is in East Java, with 70. South Sumatra is second with 60 hotspots, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 30.

Twenty-four hotspots were detected in Lampung, 15 in Jambi, and 14 and 13 in West Nusa Tenggara and Central Java, respectively.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings and do not represent 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.