147 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Thursday, December 21, 2023)

Based on the forest and land fire monitoring system SiPongi of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the last 24-hour monitoring shows 147 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 38 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Thursday (21/12/2023) at 13:58 WIB. Of the 147 detected hotspots, 3 have a high confidence level, 143 are medium scale, and 1 is low scale.

The hotspot confidence level is divided into 3 scales. The low scale ranges from 0-29, the medium scale from 30-79, and the high scale from 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 Banten with 21 hotspots. West Java is second with 21 hotspots. East Kalimantan is third with 19 hotspots.

17 hotspots were detected in Papua, followed by Central Java with 14 hotspots, and East Java and North Kalimantan each having 10 and 7 detected 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 hotspots clustered in one area indicates the occurrence of 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.