Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific Region

Peat fire is one of the environmental disasters occurring widespread during the dry season in South Sumatra. The region has long been recognized to have extensive peatland, hence it is considered as the vulnerable areas to fire. This study employs spatial analysis to evaluate the likely linked facto...

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Main Authors: Raden Putra, Deni Okta Lestari, Edy Sutriyono, Sabaruddin Sabaruddin, Iskhaq Iskandar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada 2019-04-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Geography
Online Access:https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/35667
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author Raden Putra
Deni Okta Lestari
Edy Sutriyono
Sabaruddin Sabaruddin
Iskhaq Iskandar
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description Peat fire is one of the environmental disasters occurring widespread during the dry season in South Sumatra. The region has long been recognized to have extensive peatland, hence it is considered as the vulnerable areas to fire. This study employs spatial analysis to evaluate the likely linked factors causing peat fire in the study area. Two interannual climate modes such as the El Niño – Southern Oscillation and Indian Ocean Dipole were considered to have affected the area with respect to climate anomaly at the 1995-2016 periods. This phenomenon was followed by the peat fire in many areas. There appears a close linkage between the occurrence of peat fires and climate anomaly. A number of hotspots tend to occur annually during the drought season. A significant number of hotspots took place during the 2006 pIOD and 2015 El Niño events due to a significant decrease in rainfall intensities.
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spelling doaj.art-9836b8f093644b8286f42b0c43801eec2022-12-21T20:33:32ZengUniversitas Gadjah MadaIndonesian Journal of Geography0024-95212354-91142019-04-01511182210.22146/ijg.3566724093Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific RegionRaden Putra0Deni Okta Lestari1Edy Sutriyono2Sabaruddin Sabaruddin3Iskhaq Iskandar4Graduate School of Environmental Science, University of SriwijayaFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of SriwijayaGraduate School of Environmental Science, University of SriwijayaGeology Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, University of SriwijayaFaculty of Agriculture, University of SriwijayaPeat fire is one of the environmental disasters occurring widespread during the dry season in South Sumatra. The region has long been recognized to have extensive peatland, hence it is considered as the vulnerable areas to fire. This study employs spatial analysis to evaluate the likely linked factors causing peat fire in the study area. Two interannual climate modes such as the El Niño – Southern Oscillation and Indian Ocean Dipole were considered to have affected the area with respect to climate anomaly at the 1995-2016 periods. This phenomenon was followed by the peat fire in many areas. There appears a close linkage between the occurrence of peat fires and climate anomaly. A number of hotspots tend to occur annually during the drought season. A significant number of hotspots took place during the 2006 pIOD and 2015 El Niño events due to a significant decrease in rainfall intensities.https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/35667
spellingShingle Raden Putra
Deni Okta Lestari
Edy Sutriyono
Sabaruddin Sabaruddin
Iskhaq Iskandar
Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific Region
Indonesian Journal of Geography
title Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific Region
title_full Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific Region
title_fullStr Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific Region
title_full_unstemmed Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific Region
title_short Dynamical Link of Peat Fires in South Sumatra and the Climate Modes in the Indo-Pacific Region
title_sort dynamical link of peat fires in south sumatra and the climate modes in the indo pacific region
url https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/ijg/article/view/35667
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