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Introduction

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Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate

Part of the book series: Global Change — The IGBP Series ((GLOBALCHANGE))

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This volume is a synthesis of the research undertaken by the Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle (BAHC) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) since its inception in 1990. Before reading about the wealth of new insights that are presented in this volume, it is important to return to the origins of BAHC and our level of understanding of global change and the nature of the Earth system at that time.

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  1. ALTERRA Green World Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Pavel Kabat

  2. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Martin Claussen

  3. Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302, Calverton, MD, 20705-3106, USA

    Paul A. Dirmeyer

  4. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK

    John H. C. Gash

  5. Departamento de Cómputo Cientifico y Estadistica, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, 1080-A, Venezuela

    Lelys Bravo de Guenni

  6. Laboratoire de Géologie Appliquée, Université de Paris 6/SYSYPHE, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris, France

    Michel Meybeck

  7. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA

    Roger A. Pielke Sr.

  8. Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans & Space (EOS) Complex Systems Research Center, Water Systems Analysis Group Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road, Durham, NH, 03824-3525, USA

    Charles I. Vörösmarty

  9. ALTERRA Green World Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Ronald W. A. Hutjes

  10. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Sabine Lütkemeier

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  1. ALTERRA Green World Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Pavel Kabat  & Ronald W. A. Hutjes  & 

  2. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Martin Claussen  & Sabine Lütkemeier  & 

  3. Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302, Calverton, MD, 20705-3106, USA

    Paul A. Dirmeyer

  4. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK

    John H. C. Gash

  5. Departamento de Cómputo Cientifico y Estadistica, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, 1080-A, Venezuela

    Lelys Bravo de Guenni

  6. Laboratoire de Géologie Appliquée, Université de Paris 6/SYSYPHE, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris, France

    Michel Meybeck

  7. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA

    Roger A. Pielke Sr.

  8. Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans & Space (EOS) Complex Systems Research Center, Water Systems Analysis Group Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire, 39 College Road, Durham, NH, 03824-3525, USA

    Charles I. Vörösmarty

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Kabat, P. et al. (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_1

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