Effects of Wildfires on Lakes - Study report: Regional assessment on large oligotrophic Lakes

This report first introduces the case study area with a focus on the forest fires in Siberia region (section 2). A second section follows with the explanation of the rationale and the material and methods applied (section 3). The results section (section 4) is divided in three sub-sections. Firstly, burned area time-series, water quality variables (i.e., chlorophyll-a and turbidity) and precipitation are reported (section 4.1). Then the results of the regression analysis between fire, meteo-climatic variables and water quality data is presented (section 4.2). Finally, a spatio-temporal analysis of water quality variables, burned areas and precipitation is carried out on selected years (section 4.3). All these results are followed by a discussion with key conclusions of the work (section 5).