diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index bdc88c13834039a21c4a1af20ae675a82e5ec0aa..8a45647e3add22cf76a4b8433ab1ce1c8a0bdba6 100755
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "CryoGrid"
 uuid = "a535b82e-5f3d-4d97-8b0b-d6483f5bebd5"
 authors = ["Brian Groenke <brian.groenke@awi.de>", "Jan Nitzbon <jan.nitzbon@awi.de>", "Moritz Langer <moritz.langer@awi.de>"]
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.23.1"
 
 [deps]
 Adapt = "79e6a3ab-5dfb-504d-930d-738a2a938a0e"
diff --git a/src/Physics/Heat/Heat.jl b/src/Physics/Heat/Heat.jl
index 80df1983d6ce47cd4774495a78fe3d580b3f705d..63712fe293ccbf8c29f32dc3ce9f2bd8a222a9b0 100644
--- a/src/Physics/Heat/Heat.jl
+++ b/src/Physics/Heat/Heat.jl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ include("thermal_properties.jl")
 export HeatBC, ConstantTemperature, GeothermalHeatFlux, TemperatureBC, GroundHeatFlux, NFactor
 include("heat_bc.jl")
 
-export LinearTwoPhaseInitialTempProfile, ThermalSteadyStateInit
+export PermafrostTemperatureInit, ThermalSteadyStateInit
 include("heat_init.jl")
 
 export heatconduction!
diff --git a/src/Physics/Heat/heat_init.jl b/src/Physics/Heat/heat_init.jl
index 004f3a1354308dff01ae3679211e34b9c5ddfdc1..66dbf1d8e55fd317499f7d8802e506aa57c17bb8 100644
--- a/src/Physics/Heat/heat_init.jl
+++ b/src/Physics/Heat/heat_init.jl
@@ -1,44 +1,44 @@
 """
-    LinearTwoPhaseTempProfile{TT1,TT2,TTb,TTm,Tz1,Tz2,Tz3,Tz4} <: VarInitializer{:T}
+    PermafrostTemperatureInit{TT1,TT2,TTb,TTm,Tz1,Tz2,Tz3,Tz4} <: VarInitializer{:T}
 
 Simple, piecewise linear temprature initializer that uses three temperature values
 and four characteristic depths to initialize the temperature profile. `T0` is the
-initial surface temperature, `T1` is the permafrost temperature at `z_deep`,
+initial surface temperature, `Tpf` is the permafrost temperature at `z_deep`,
 `z_thaw` and `z_base` are the top and bottom freezing fronts which are both assumed
 to be have temperature equal to `Tm`.
 """
-Base.@kwdef struct LinearTwoPhaseTempProfile{TT1,TT2,TTb,TTm,Tz1,Tz2,Tz3,Tz4} <: VarInitializer{:T}
-    T0::TT1 = 1.0u"°C"
-    T1::TT2 = -10.0u"°C"
-    Tm::TTm = 0.0u"°C"
-    Tbot::TTb = 10.0u"°C"
-    z_top::Tz1 = 0.0u"m"
-    z_deep::Tz2 = 20.0u"m"
-    z_thaw::Tz3 = 0.5u"m"
-    z_base::Tz4 = 500.0u"m"
+Base.@kwdef struct PermafrostTemperatureInit{TT1,TT2,TTb,TTm,Tz1,Tz2,Tz3,Tz4} <: VarInitializer{:T}
+    T0::TT1 = 1.0u"°C" # surface temperature
+    Tpf::TT2 = -10.0u"°C" # permafrost temperature
+    Tm::TTm = 0.0u"°C" # melting point
+    Tbot::TTb = 10.0u"°C" # bottom temperature
+    z0::Tz1 = 0.0u"m" # surface depth
+    z_thaw::Tz3 = 0.5u"m" # thaw depth (top of permafrost)
+    z_pf::Tz2 = 20.0u"m" # depth of peramfrost temperature
+    z_base::Tz4 = 500.0u"m" # depth of permafrost base
 end
 
-(init::LinearTwoPhaseTempProfile)(::SubSurface, state) = init(state.T, state.grid)
+(init::PermafrostTemperatureInit)(::SubSurface, state) = init(state.T, state.grid)
 
 """
-    (init::LinearTwoPhaseTempProfile)(T::AbstractVector, grid::Grid)
+    (init::PermafrostTemperatureInit)(T::AbstractVector, grid::Grid)
 
 Evaluate the initializer on the given temperature vector `T` which should match the length of
 `cells(grid)`.
 """
-function (init::LinearTwoPhaseTempProfile)(T::AbstractVector, grid::Grid)
+function (init::PermafrostTemperatureInit)(T::AbstractVector, grid::Grid)
     @assert length(T) == length(cells(grid))
     T0 = ustrip(init.T0)
-    T1 = ustrip(init.T1)
+    Tpf = ustrip(init.Tpf)
     Tbot = ustrip(init.Tbot)
     Tm = ustrip(init.Tm)
-    z_top = ustrip(init.z_top)
-    z_deep = ustrip(init.z_deep)
+    z0 = ustrip(init.z0)
+    z_deep = ustrip(init.z_pf)
     z_thaw = ustrip(init.z_thaw)
     z_base = ustrip(init.z_base)
     z_bot = parent(grid)[end]
-    Ts = [T0, Tm, T1, Tm, Tbot]
-    zs = [z_top, z_thaw, z_deep, z_base, z_bot]
+    Ts = [T0, Tm, Tpf, Tm, Tbot]
+    zs = [z0, z_thaw, z_deep, z_base, z_bot]
     f = Interp.extrapolate(Interp.interpolate((zs,), Ts, Interp.Gridded(Interp.Linear())), Interp.Flat())
     # evaluate interpolant at grid cell midpoints
     T .= f.(cells(grid))