2023
DOI: 10.3390/atmos14101480
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Fire Weather Conditions in Plantation Areas in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Hiroshi Hayasaka

Abstract: Peatland fires in Indonesia tend to be more active during El Niño-related droughts, with the exception of fires in North Sumatra. As North Sumatra is located north of the equator and is affected by the winter and summer monsoons, fires tend to be more active not only during the dry main season from January to March, but also in June and August due to short-term droughts. Due to these complex fire trends, no appropriate fire-related indices have been found in North Sumatra. In this paper, 20 years of fire (hots… Show more

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“…The congruence observed in these findings underscores the robustness of various methodologies associated with forest and peatland fire indices, rendering them pivotal for forest fire mitigation efforts. Among these, a proposed forest fire index, reliant on meteorological parameters including wind speed, temperature, and humidity, emerges as particularly noteworthy [49,50]. Leveraging satellite technology, this index offers real-time accessibility, making it a highly valuable asset for the early detection and management of forest and peatland fires.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The congruence observed in these findings underscores the robustness of various methodologies associated with forest and peatland fire indices, rendering them pivotal for forest fire mitigation efforts. Among these, a proposed forest fire index, reliant on meteorological parameters including wind speed, temperature, and humidity, emerges as particularly noteworthy [49,50]. Leveraging satellite technology, this index offers real-time accessibility, making it a highly valuable asset for the early detection and management of forest and peatland fires.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The burden of air pollution in Indonesia has been estimated to cut the average resident's life expectancy by 1.2 years, though in some regions of the country that estimate is far greater, resulting in a total of 309 million life‐years lost due to particulate air pollution (Greenstone & Fan, Qing, 2019 ). Fires in Indonesia, which typically correspond with the dry season running from June into December, are a devastating source of severe episodic particulate air pollution, particularly in intensive burning vegetation and peatland regions such as Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua (Hayasaka, 2023 ; Usup & Hayasaka, 2023 ; Yulianti & Hayasaka, 2023 ). The 2015 season produced the highest levels of fire emissions in a decade (Field et al., 2016 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%