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Traditionally, climate has been considered as the mean State of the atmosphere (e.g. Hann 1908), or averaged weather, including its statistical ensemble properties (WMO 1984). On the other hand, classifications of climate have often been developed on the basis of conditions essential to life, primarily for plants. Hence in many classical considerations of climate, its interaction with the biosphere played a dominant role (Bolle 1985). For example, Koppen (1936) described Vegetation as “crystallised, visible climate” and referred to it as being an indicator of climate that is much more accurate than our Instruments.
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Claussen, M. (2004). Introduction. In: Kabat, P., et al. Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate. Global Change — The IGBP Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18948-7_2
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