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More than two-thirds of the Earth is covered with oceans. Nonetheless, as pointed out by Verstraete and Dickinson (1986), continental surfaces provide much of the spatial and temporal variability that makes the weather and climate. To a large extent, vegetation determines the physical characteristics of ice-free continental surfaces, and hence key climatic parameters such as albedo, surface energy fluxes, and so on (Shukla and Mintz 1982; Dickinson 1984; Dickinson and Hanson 1984; Wilson et al. 1987). Conversely, there exists a strong connection between vegetation and climate (e.g., Walter 1973; Woodward 1987).
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Martin, P. (1993). Coupling of the Atmosphere with Vegetation. In: Solomon, A.M., Shugart, H.H. (eds) Vegetation Dynamics & Global Change. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2816-6_7
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