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Introduction: Regional Features of Siberia

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Regional Environmental Changes in Siberia and Their Global Consequences

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In this introduction chapter, we describe geographical, climatic, environmental, and demographic characteristics of Siberia and outline major problems dealt with in regional studies of this vast region including those important for the Global Earth System. The science questions, which are put in this chapter, are further addressed in detail throughout the book.

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  1. NOAA National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, USA

    Pavel Ya. Groisman

  2. State Hydrological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Pavel Ya. Groisman

  3. The NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA

    Garik Gutman

  4. Forestry Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

    Anatoly Z. Shvidenko

  5. Forestry Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    Anatoly Z. Shvidenko

  6. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Kathleen M. Bergen

  7. Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Alexander A. Baklanov

  8. NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA

    Paul W. Stackhouse Jr.

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Groisman, P.Y., Gutman, G., Shvidenko, A.Z., Bergen, K.M., Baklanov, A.A., Stackhouse, P.W. (2013). Introduction: Regional Features of Siberia. In: Groisman, P., Gutman, G. (eds) Regional Environmental Changes in Siberia and Their Global Consequences. Springer Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4569-8_1

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