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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1866-3591</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2026-173</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title>Large-scale isotopic fingerprinting of cryosphere and hydrological components in glacierized catchments</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vital</surname>
<given-names>Melanie</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jara</surname>
<given-names>Edison</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5397-771X</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wade</surname>
<given-names>Andrew John</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5296-8350</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Masse-Dufresne</surname>
<given-names>Janie</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5655-4884</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Persoiu</surname>
<given-names>Aurel</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9506-0070</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Temovski</surname>
<given-names>Marjan</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7759-3014</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Saidaliyeva</surname>
<given-names>Zarina</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vreča</surname>
<given-names>Polona</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3972-4001</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff9">
<sup>9</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dàvila Roller</surname>
<given-names>Luzmila</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10">
<sup>10</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shahgedanova</surname>
<given-names>Maria</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pu</surname>
<given-names>Tao</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fernandoy</surname>
<given-names>Francisco</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2252-7746</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jeonghoon</surname>
<given-names>Lee</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1256-4431</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff13">
<sup>13</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nishonov</surname>
<given-names>Bakhriddin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff14">
<sup>14</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ramirez</surname>
<given-names>Edson</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff15">
<sup>15</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vystavna</surname>
<given-names>Yuliya</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Isotope Hydrology Section, Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Department of Nuclear Sciences  and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, Wagramer Strasse 5,  1400 Vienna, Austria</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>The University of Reading, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science (SAGES), Walker  Institute for Climate System Research, Reading, United Kingdom</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Université du Québec, École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, Canada</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Emil Racoviță Institute of Speleology, Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, 400006, Romania</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Stable Isotope Laboratory, Ștefan cel Mare University, Suceava, 720229, Romania</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>School of Geology, Department of Physical Geography, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff7">
<label>7</label>
<addr-line>Isotope Climatology and Environmental Research Centre (ICER), HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary, - Department of Mineralogy and Geology, University of Debrecen, Hungary</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff8">
<label>8</label>
<addr-line>Central Asian Regional Glaciological Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff9">
<label>9</label>
<addr-line>Department of Environmental Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova cesta 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff10">
<label>10</label>
<addr-line>Instituto Nacional de investigación en glaciares y ecosistemas de montaña, Huaraz, Peru</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff11">
<label>11</label>
<addr-line>Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff12">
<label>12</label>
<addr-line>Universidad Andrés Bello, Dept. Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ingeniería, Viña del Mar, Chile</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff13">
<label>13</label>
<addr-line>Ewha Womans University, Dept. of Science Education, Seoul, Republic of Korea</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff14">
<label>14</label>
<addr-line>Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Agency of Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of  Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff15">
<label>15</label>
<addr-line>Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Instituto de Hidráulica e Hidrología, La Paz, Bolivia</addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>12</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>32</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Melanie Vital et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<abstract>
<p>Stable water isotopes (SWI; &amp;delta;&amp;sup1;⁸O and &amp;delta;&amp;sup2;H) are widely used tracers for identifying water sources and reconstructing hydroclimatic processes in glacierized catchments. However, globally harmonized isotope datasets that integrate multiple cryospheric and hydrological endmembers remain limited. Here we present a global georeferenced database of stable water isotope measurements compiled across glacierized catchments worldwide. The dataset contains 12,348 individual &amp;delta;&amp;sup1;⁸O and &amp;delta;&amp;sup2;H measurements collected from 63 publications, covering 19 countries across six continents. The temporal coverage of the isotope measurements spans from 1978 to 2023, based on data compiled from publications starting in 1981. The database integrates isotope measurements from precipitation, snowpack and snowmelt, glacier ice, firn, glacial and supraglacial meltwater, rock glaciers, ice-cored moraines, permafrost thaw waters, talus slopes, streams, lakes, and groundwater. Each record includes standardized metadata describing geographic location, elevation, sampling period, endmember classification, and analytical methods. Across the compiled dataset, &amp;delta;&amp;sup1;⁸O values range from approximately &amp;minus;31 &amp;permil; to &amp;minus;0.36 &amp;permil;, while &amp;delta;&amp;sup2;H values range from &amp;minus;247 &amp;permil; to 0 &amp;permil;, reflecting strong variability in elevation, temperature, and moisture source conditions across glacierized environments. Cryosphere endmembers such as glacier ice and glacial meltwater typically exhibit depleted signatures (&amp;delta;&amp;sup1;⁸O &amp;asymp; &amp;minus;14 &amp;permil;; &amp;delta;&amp;sup2;H &amp;asymp; &amp;minus;100 &amp;permil;) reflecting precipitation formed under colder climatic conditions and preserved within glacier storage, while groundwater and firn waters tend to show relatively enriched compositions due to mixing, recharge processes, and seasonal precipitation inputs. By harmonizing isotope observations across multiple cryosphere and hydrological components, this database provides a new global reference for identifying characteristic isotopic signatures of glacier-derived waters and their downstream mixing with other hydrological sources. The dataset supports comparative studies of glacier&amp;ndash;hydrology interactions, endmember mixing analysis, and isotope-enabled hydrological modelling, contributing to improved understanding of water resources in glacier-fed catchments under changing climate conditions. The dataset is publicly available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19062383&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19062383&lt;/a&gt; (Vital et al., 2026).</p>
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<funding-source>International Atomic Energy Agency</funding-source>
<award-id>F33033</award-id>
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