The Siberian (Asiatic) High is a semipermanent cell of high pressure centered poleward of 45°N in northeastern Siberia. It is one of the major centers of action during the winter in the northern hemisphere (Rossby, 1945).
The influence of the high is rarely felt above 2400 m (8000 ft), as it is made up of cold, dense air. The axis of the high tilts strongly southward as the intensity decreases. No indication of the sea level high is present at the 3000-m (10 000-ft) level (Petterssen, 1969).
Daily synoptic weather maps for the northern hemisphere show many moving high- and low-pressure systems related to the interaction of cold and warm airmasses along the polar front. These moving disturbances can be eliminated by constructing mean charts, thereby delineating clearly the semipermanent nature of the Siberian High.
As shown in Figure S19, the Siberian High has a mean January sea level pressure of 1035 mb (30.56 in), 22 mb (0.64 in) above the mean sea level pressure of 1013 mb (29.92...
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Hordon, R.M. (2005). Siberian (Asiatic) High. 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_185
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