Fire Indication of land in Riau Was Confusing
Soweto, Jia Xiang-NOAA satellite imaging Results with Terra & Aqua in the last two days shows the difference in the number of hot spots (hotspot) that was striking as an indication of land and forest fires in Riau Province, so as to make the policy makers had a
confusion."Data from a satellite showed the number of hotspots do not exist, but the smoke was still thick. We finally decided to make a comparison of data in a report is usually only based on NOAA-18, now displayed also from Terra & Aqua, "said the head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) in the province of Riau in Pekanbaru, Tuesday (3/2)
He said since February 16, NOAA-18 satellite imagery then showed the trend of a drastic reduction in the number of hot spots in Riau continued after previously tracked tens to hundreds of hot point.
Between alerts you, on that day, imaging reports at around 16.00 GMT showed the live 1 hot spots. Even the day after, He said in the Riau no indication of land due to fire a satellite imaging showed 18 NOAA 0 or nil hot spots, and only 1 hot spots in Sumatra.
While the imaging from the Terra satellite showed a number of Aqua & instead. On the 17th at around 16.00 GMT, the satellite monitoring there are 120 hot spots in Sumatra's Riau Province located in point 81. The number of hot spots in Riau was reported just a diminishes one point from the previous day.
due to the striking difference plus the conditions in the field there are still fires, the Riau BPBD decided to add data Terra & Aqua in their report to the National disaster mitigation Agency (BNPB) since February 18.
head of BNPB Data, Agus Wibowo, When confirmed said it so far has not been affected to make the statement that land in Riau fires can be solved by just based on trends of a drastic reduction in the number of hot spots from NOAA 18.
He explains, there's a chance the real conditions that make satellite NOAA 18 less than optimal catch hot spots. "Maybe there are no fire just smoke it so no satellite was detected, so a little hotspot. Or point the fire small and underground, "said Agus.
He explains why the Government of Indonesia is based on NOAA-18 satellite imaging in taking land and fire related policy asap, because ASEAN member countries have agreed to use it since 1993.[W5]