SaiSan Hi all, I'd like to learn what processes are considered when calculating basal melt (e.g. geothermal heat flux, basal friction, and/or deformation heat)? Thank you! Sai
heleneseroussi Hello, The thermal equation includes the advection, diffucsion and internal deformation of the ice. The boundary condition includes the geothermal heat flux and basal frictional heat on the grounded ice. You can have some more information in the ISSM decription paper (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011JF002140) and the extended enthalpy description paper (https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/13/4491/2020/). Best