Central Asian, Siberian, and East Asian mega climatic regions, located on the world’s largest and most physically diverse continent, are experiencing a period of marked climatic change. The impact of climatic change is affecting the lives of nearly two billion people. With more climatic types than any other continent, and with one-third of the world’s land mass, any perturbation of Asian weather and climate is biophysically and socioeconomically important. Containing the highest point above sea level and the coldest inhabited place on earth, Asia’s location and geomorphology contribute much to climatic diversity. Major variations of climatic types are defined by receipt of solar energy, moisture from the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east, and the powerful Siberian Winter High Pressure Cell. A decrease in temperature occurs from south to north, with an increase in continentality from west to east. Latitudinal variations of climate are significant.
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Dando, W.A. (2005). Asia, Climates of Siberia, Central and East Asia. In: Oliver, J.E. (eds) Encyclopedia of World Climatology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_19
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