965 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 965 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 490 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Tuesday (10/9/2024) at 16.47 WIB. Of the 965 detected hotspots, 31 have a high confidence level, 879 are medium, and 55 are low.

Hotspot confidence levels are divided into three 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 that area.

The highest number of detected hotspots was in South Papua with 247. East Nusa Tenggara is second with 181 hotspots, followed by East Java with 73.

Sixty-three hotspots were detected in Maluku, 51 in East Kalimantan, and 47 each in Central Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara.

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.