768 Hotspot Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)

Based on the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry's (KLHK) SiPongi forest and land fire monitoring system, 24-hour monitoring shows 768 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is an increase of 581 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA, accessed on Tuesday (1/10/2024) at 16:28 WIB. Of the 768 hotspots detected, 52 have a high confidence level, 659 are medium, and 57 are low.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into three scales: low (0-29), medium (30-79), and high (80-100). The higher the confidence level, the higher the likelihood of forest and land fires in a particular area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in East Nusa Tenggara with 202 hotspots. South Papua is second with 89 hotspots, followed by Maluku with 63 hotspots.

62 hotspots were detected in West Nusa Tenggara, followed by Central Kalimantan with 53, East Kalimantan and South Sulawesi with 48 and 43 hotspots respectively.

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.