516 Hotspot Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)

Based on the Forest and Land Fire Monitoring System (SiPongi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), 24-hour monitoring shows 516 hotspots detected in Indonesia.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Wednesday (11/13/2024) at 11:23 WIB. Of the 516 detected hotspots, 15 have a high confidence level, 458 are medium scale, and 43 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 detected hotspots is in East Nusa Tenggara with 207. Maluku is second with 47 hotspots, followed by Central Sulawesi with 38.

32 hotspots were detected in East Kalimantan, followed by North Maluku with 32, South Sulawesi with 24, and West Nusa Tenggara with 22.

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.