Identifikasi Sebaran Asap Kebakaran Hutan di Wilayah Jambi dengan Menggunakan Radar C-BAND

Abstract

Forest and land fires along with the distribution of smoke are one of the disasters threats in the Jambi region which has tropical forests. By knowing the lowest level of visibility from observations, this study was conducted on September 23, 2015. Weather and satellite radar have ability to detect particles and the distribution of smoke from forest and land fires with great spatial and temporal resolution, supported by HIMAWARI-8 satellite data as comparison. C-Band Doppler radar and default strategy scanning are used to identify smoke in Jambi. Wind layer analysis uses CAPPI V products to display smoke distribution and CMAX dBZ with palette changes to identify smoke particles, which then will be carried out vertical cross section to see smoke reflectivity values, identify smoke vertical profiles, and patterns of smoke distribution of forest and land fires. The smoke reflectivity index value can be seen from the dBZ value. The results of the identification show that the smoke material reaches a maximum reflectivity value of 30 dBZ at the centre of the fire point and the minimum value of very fine smoke particles reaches -24.4 dBZ which scattered with the dominant velocity distribution direction to the northwest.