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Earth is a complex system, which covers four main spheres given below and shown in Fig. 4.1:
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Spiridonov, V., Ćurić, M. (2021). Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere. In: Fundamentals of Meteorology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52655-9_4
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