163 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, December 25, 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 163 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This number is a decrease of 78 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Monday (25/12/2023) at 13:45 WIB. Of the 163 hotspots detected, 1 has a high confidence level, 157 are medium, and 5 are low.

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 a forest and land fire in that area.

The highest number of hotspots was detected in Papua with 42. West Sumatra is second with 40 hotspots. Central Java is third with 22 hotspots.

Fourteen hotspots were detected in North Maluku, followed by East Nusa Tenggara with 6, and Bengkulu and North Sulawesi each with 5.

Hotspots are coordinate points of an area with a higher surface temperature than its surroundings and do not represent 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.