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Accumulation rates over the past 260 years archived in Elbrus ice core, Caucasus
Vladimir Mikhalenko
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Pavel Toropov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Michel Legrand
Université Paris Cité and Univ. Paris Est Creteil, CNRS, LISA, 75013 Paris, France
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38402, Grenoble, France
Sergey Sokratov
Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Gleb Chernyakov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Ivan Lavrentiev
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Susanne Preunkert
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), 38402, Grenoble, France
Anna Kozachek
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Mstislav Vorobiev
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Aleksandra Khairedinova
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Vladimir Lipenkov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, 199397, Russia
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In this paper, we present a reconstruction of snow accumulation for both summer and winter over the past 260 years using ice-core records obtained from Mt. Elbrus in the Caucasus region. The accumulation record represents the historical precipitation patterns in a vast region encompassing the northern Caucasus, Black Sea, and southeastern Europe. Our findings show that the North Atlantic plays a crucial role in determining precipitation levels in this region.
In this paper, we present a reconstruction of snow accumulation for both summer and winter over...
