Boine, Judith 
  
5 CONLUSIONS 
In this exploratory study modelling was used to simulate the reflectance spectra of mining lakes. The optical properties 
of the water constituents used were measured in the laboratory. The simulations show a good comparison with the 
measured reflectance spectra. 
This database and the fundamental comprehension represent a good basis for the support and validation of empirical 
and analytical modelling of optical remote sensing data for mining water quality monitoring. But the model must be 
validated thoroughly with field and laboratory measurements. 
This work has shown that the optical properties of natural lakes cannot be used for the modelling of reflectance spectra 
of mining lakes. Furthermore, this study pointed out that the mining lakes have to be classified into four main groups. 
The modelling has been taken into these four groups. 
These first investigations of optical properties of mining lakes open new perspectives in the issue of spatial and 
temporal monitoring of the lakes and moreover in the assessment of the ecological situation in this damaged area. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
The Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Leipzig-Halle is thanked for financial support. Especially we like to 
thank the Departments of Inland Water Research and Hydrogeology of the UFZ for scientific support. Furthermore, the 
authors thank the Lusatian and Central German Mining Administration Company (LMBV) for co-operation. 
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