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Recent Trends of Fire Occurrence in Sumatra (Analysis Using MODIS Hotspot Data): A Comparison with Fire Occurrence in Kalimantan
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| Title: | Recent Trends of Fire Occurrence in Sumatra (Analysis Using MODIS Hotspot Data): A Comparison with Fire Occurrence in Kalimantan |
| Authors: | Yulianti, Nina Browse this author | | Hayasaka, Hiroshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Sepriando, Alpon Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Drought | | Dry Season | | El Niño | | MODIS Hotspot | | Peatland Fire |
| Issue Date: | 20-Sep-2013 |
| Publisher: | Scientific Research Publishing |
| Journal Title: | Open Journal of Forestry |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page: | 129 |
| End Page: | 137 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.4236/ojf.2013.34021 |
| Abstract: | MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) hotspot and precipitation data for the most recent 11-year period (2002 to 2012) were analyzed to elucidate recent trends in the seasonal and spatial fire occurrence in Sumatra and the relationship with precipitation. Using a latitude line of S 0.5°, Sumatra was divided into two regions, N. (north) and S. (south) Sumatra. Different trends in seasonal fire occur-rence were discussed and further defined by considering two different precipitation patterns. Analysis of hotspot (fire) data was carried out using 0.5° × 0.5° grid cells to evaluate recent trends of spatial fire oc-currence. Analysis results of hotspot and precipitation data were also tallied every 10-day to find the rela-tionship between seasonal fire occurrence and the dry season. Standard deviation (SD) and variance (V) were then used to evaluate fire occurrences in Sumatra and Kalimantan objectively. The relatively mild fire occurrence tendency in Sumatra compared to Kalimantan could be the result of different stages of forest development or the high deforestation rate in Sumatra compared with Kalimantan. This paper also shows that the two different seasonal fire activities in N. and S. Sumatra were closely related to the two different dry season types: a winter and summer dry season type (WD & SD) in N. Sumatra, and a summer dry season type (SD) in S. Sumatra. Extreme fire occurrences in the Dumai region in 2005 and Palembang region in 2006 could be partially explained by a severe drought occurrence enhanced by two different kinds of El Niño events. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/jp/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/57922 |
| Appears in Collections: | 工学院・工学研究院 (Graduate School of Engineering / Faculty of Engineering) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 早坂 洋史
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