Stable isotope data (δ18O, δ2H, d-excess) of daily precipitation from Azau station (2300 m a.s.l.), southern slope of Elbrus, Caucasus, Russia, 2019–2021

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This dataset presents the stable isotope composition (δ18O, δ2H, and d-excess) of daily precipitation samples collected at the Azau meteorological site (43.2659° N, 42.4799° E; 2300 m above sea level), located at the foot of the southern slope of Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus, Russia. Sampling was conducted on a daily basis at 09:00 Moscow Time from 1 May 2019 to 27 September 2021. The dataset includes 238 samples of liquid and solid precipitation, analyzed using a Picarro L2130-i cavity ring-down spectrometer at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg. Results are reported in per mil (‰) relative to the VSMOW-SLAP scale, with a measurement precision of 0.04‰ for δ18O and 0.5‰ for δ2H. The data reveal strong seasonal cycles, with higher δ-values in summer and lower in winter. The dataset also includes surface air temperature records and precipitation amount from the nearby Terskol meteorological station for the day of sampling.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993273
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433823130054
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.993273
Provenance
Creator Chizhova, Julia N ORCID logo; Mikhalenko, Vladimir V ORCID logo; Kutuzov, Stanislav S ORCID logo; Kozachek, Anna V ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 1173 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (42.480 LON, 43.266 LAT)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-05-02T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2021-09-27T00:00:00Z