2-Meter Temperatures ------- ------------ See SURFACE.TMP See PROBLEM.TMP The thermal exchange coefficient is depends on the surface wind speed and has two problems. Under normal conditions, this coefficient is too large which results in the surface temperature and lowest-sigma-layer being too close to each other. (The 0-th order approximation is that the vertical heat flux is independent of the exchange coefficient; i.e., exch_coef * (sfc_tmp - air_tmp) = constant). As a result, the surface and 2 meter temperatures are too close to each other. (See SURFACE.TMP) The other problem occurs when the surface wind speed is close to zero. In this case, the thermal exchange coefficient can approach zero. This can cause a problem with the skin temperature (see PROBLEM.TMP) which is used in deriving the 2 m temperature.