International Heat Flow Commission (IHFC)

The IHFC is maintaining the Global Heat Flow Database. The commission is also developing and recommending standards and techniques for the determination of all parameters necessary to geothermal research, such as: heat flow, thermal properties of materials, underground temperatures, quantification of geothermal energy resources.
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Heat Flow?

What is the Earth's heat flow?

Global Heat Flow Database

All information about the IHFC database.
Latest release: 2024

Collaborative Data Assessment

IHFC & ILP Project 2021-2026

progress: 64%

Structure of IHFC

Bureau, Executive Committee, Committee Representatives and Contacts

Working groups

All about our working groups
- open for all researchers -

Members

Who are the members?
names - program - activities

Meetings and Conferences

Browse through the history of IHFC conferences and read announcements for upcoming meetings

Borehole Temperature Database

All information about the IHFC database.

IAGA / IASPEI Joint Scientific Meeting 2025

Meet us in Lisbon, Portugal, in Aug/Sep 2025