254 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Friday, September 13, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 254 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 119 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA satellite imagery accessed on Friday (13/9/2024) at 16.47 WIB. Of the 254 hotspots detected, 7 have a high confidence level, 243 are medium, and 4 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 was detected in East Java (49). East Nusa Tenggara is second with 47 hotspots, followed by North Maluku with 25.

Twenty-three hotspots were detected in Central Java, followed by South Kalimantan with 23, and West Java and South Sulawesi each with 16.

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.