Analysis of change of the continentality index values on the background of climate warming in Khemchinskaya depression, the Republic of Tuva
The absence of synchronous directivity of anomalies of annual and month average air temperature trends against the index of continentality determines the expediency of introduction of a new parameter to the climatic system — the Climate change index (CCI). Its advantage is stable direction, which appears the reliable criteria in forecasting of subsequent climate warming. CCI does not duplicate the coefficient of continentality index, but is a crucially new feature of climate.