370 Hotspots Detected in Indonesia in the Last 24 Hours (Monday, November 18, 2024)

Based on the Forest and Land Fire Monitoring System (SiPongi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), 24-hour monitoring shows 370 hotspots detected in Indonesia. This is a decrease of 81 hotspots compared to the previous period.

This data is the result of satellite imagery from Terra/Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA accessed on Monday (18/11/2024) at 11.23 WIB. Of the 370 hotspots detected, 3 have a high confidence level, 345 are medium scale, and 22 are low scale.

The confidence level of hotspots is divided into 3 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 76 hotspots. Central Sulawesi is second with 52 hotspots, followed by East Kalimantan with 36 hotspots.

Thirty hotspots were detected in South Kalimantan, followed by North Maluku with 25 hotspots, and South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi each having 23 and 22 detected hotspots, respectively.

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 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.