Javascript Other reports in this collection 10.1.2. The Tibetan plateau, rising to the 600-hPa level of the troposphere, strongly influences the atmospheric general circulation over the region, both thermally and dynamically.
Climate differs widely within Temperate Asia.
The region has a tropical monsoon climate in the far south, a humid, cool, temperate climate in the north, and a desert climate or steppe climate in the west and the northWest. In the rest of the area where most of the population of the region is concentrated a humid, temperate climate prevails. Mean monthly and annual temperatures and mean annual precipitation at selected sites are shown in Table 10-2 . Temperature and precipitation at selected sites in Temperate Asia. Likewise, Korea and Japan have kept relatively homogeneous proxy data for several hundred years.