Dear Reviewer, 

We are grateful for this review that improves the quality of the manuscript! We will follow your major comments and will expand the introduction and discussion regarding the description of channelized and surface melting with references to further literature. Additionally, we will include the discussion of the ocean heat flux in the main discussion. However, we see some limitations in using ApRES results for the comparison with surface-based methods which we explain in more detail in the attached file.

We also picked up the suggestion to include a modification of the ApRES figure in the Methods section.

In the attached file, we respond to the major comments and give point-to-point answers to the minor comments.

Again many thanks for your efforts to improve our manuscript!

Best regards,

Ole

Dear Reviewer, dear Christoph,

Thank you for your very helpful contribution to improving this manuscript. 

In the attached file, we respond to the major comment and give point-to-point answers to the minor comments.

Again many thanks for your efforts to improve our manuscript!

Best regards,

Ole