<p>In this study the flux attenuation due to sensor displacement has been investigated over sea using an extensive set of data from the "Ocean Horizontal Array Turbulence Study". All previous investigations of the flux attenuation have been performed over land.</p><p>A function developed for correcting fluxes in the homogenous surface layer was compared to measured flux attenuation. This investigation revealed the possibility to find new functions describing the flux attenuation when measurements are carried out over sea. From the measured flux attenuation studied here a change in the form of correction functions was required to improve the estimated flux loss. The most significant difference found in this report compared to the previous landbased study Horst (2006) is for stable conditions, where significantly less flux loss is found over sea. Two new functions describing the attenuation due to sensor displacement over sea have been constructed.</p><p>One of these expressions has a discontinuity at z/L = 0. This is supported by measured flux attenuation. A reasonable interpretation is; however, that this discontinuity is caused by two separate turbulence regimes near neutrality on the stable and unstable side respectively. The discontinuity is thus not believed to be an effect merely of stability. A second correction function which is continuous over all stabilities has therefore also been constructed. These two functions and the correction function from Horst (2006) have been compared to measured flux loss. Based on this comparison the continuous correction function is recommended for correcting scalar fluxes measured over sea. It should be noted, however, that this expression only describes the mean attenuation and has been constructed from measurements at 5 and 5.5 m above mean sea level.</p><p>The theoretical basis used in the development of the function for flux attenuation over land allows for a direct link between a spectral shape and the attenuation expression. This link has been preserved for the new expressions presented in this report. The spectral shape corresponding to the continuous correction function has been compared to measured mean cospectra and also to the cospectra from Horst (2006) corresponding to crosswind displacements.</p><p>At a height of 10 m and a sensor displacement of 0.2 m the mean flux attenuation is about 1.3-4% in the stability interval −1 < z/L < 1.5 when using the new correction functions presented in this report.</p>

In this study the flux attenuation due to sensor displacement has been investigated over sea using an extensive set of data from the "Ocean Horizontal Array Turbulence Study". All previous investigations of the flux attenuation have been performed over land. A function developed for correcting fluxes in the homogenous surface layer was compared to measured flux attenuation. This investigation revealed the possibility to find new functions describing the flux attenuation when measurements are carried out over sea. From the measured flux attenuation studied here a change in the form of correction functions was required to improve the estimated flux loss. The most significant difference found in this report compared to the previous landbased study Horst (2006) is for stable conditions, where significantly less flux loss is found over sea. Two new functions describing the attenuation due to sensor displacement over sea have been constructed. One of these expressions has a discontinuity at z/L = 0. This is supported by measured flux attenuation. A reasonable interpretation is; however, that this discontinuity is caused by two separate turbulence regimes near neutrality on the stable and unstable side respectively. The discontinuity is thus not believed to be an effect merely of stability. A second correction function which is continuous over all stabilities has therefore also been constructed. These two functions and the correction function from Horst (2006) have been compared to measured flux loss. Based on this comparison the continuous correction function is recommended for correcting scalar fluxes measured over sea. It should be noted, however, that this expression only describes the mean attenuation and has been constructed from measurements at 5 and 5.5 m above mean sea level. The theoretical basis used in the development of the function for flux attenuation over land allows for a direct link between a spectral shape and the attenuation expression. This link has been preserved for the new expressions presented in this report. The spectral shape corresponding to the continuous correction function has been compared to measured mean cospectra and also to the cospectra from Horst (2006) corresponding to crosswind displacements. At a height of 10 m and a sensor displacement of 0.2 m the mean flux attenuation is about 1.3-4% in the stability interval −1 &lt; z/L &lt; 1.5 when using the new correction functions presented in this report.

The Southwest Atlantic Ocean is characterized, in winter, by the presence of an oceanographic front between the Brazil Current (BC) and the Brazilian Coastal Current (BCC). The BC/BCC oceanographic front generates intense thermal horizontal gradients between cold waters of the southern Brazilian continental shelf, dominated by the BCC, and the offshore warm waters, dominated by the BC. This study analyses, for the first time in the known literature, the coupling mechanisms between the ocean and the atmosphere from observational data taken simultaneously during an oceanographic research cruise in the southern Brazilian coast during 11-21 June 2014. In this field experiment, atmospheric radiosondes were launched and hydrographic stations were taken to measure the ocean s temperature and salinity. The study area was chosen based on the local thermal gradients presented by the BC/BCC front. Five oceanographic transects were performed perpendicular to the coast starting at the locality of Paranaguá (Paraná State) and ending in Chuí (Rio Grande do Sul State).The winter meteorological and oceanographic features were considered in the determination of ship s route. The installation of a micrometeorological tower at the bow of the ship allowed the realization of direct measurements of heat, momentum and CO2 fluxes. This study analyses the large scale meteorological conditions and explores the behavior of the marine atmospheric boundary layer using radiosondes data taken in situ. In the period when the data were collect, typical winter conditions were observed in the study area, like the cold front passage associated to an incursion of a post-frontal cold air mass and an extratropical cyclone formation. Meteorological and oceanographic measurements performed by the instruments installed on the ship were utilized to estimate the heat fluxes through bulk formulas method. This estimates were lately compared to the heat fluxes measured directly by the sensors installed in the of the ship s bow. Measurements were obtained using the Eddy Covariance method, broadly used in micrometeorological research. To obtain the turbulent fluxes at the ocean-atmosphere interface adjustments in the observational data are necessary due to the ship s motion. During most of the study period, the sea surface temperature was higher than the air temperature, thus generating a heat transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere. The heat fluxes were commonly positive on both sides of the BC (warm)/BCC (cold) oceanographic front. However, there was some difference on the heat fluxes magnitude between the two sides of the front with more intense heat exchange on the BC side. The present results show that the intense thermal horizontal gradients between the BC and the BCC waters that occur during winter in the southern coast of Brazil, the transient atmospheric systems and the air thermal advection have an important role on the marine atmospheric boundary layer modulation and on the heat and CO2 fluxes between the ocean and the atmosphere. Meteorological and oceanographic observations are fundamental to widen our understanding of the processes occurring at the ocean-atmosphere interface which are known to have primary importance on weather and climate forecast. / O Oceano Atlântico Sudoeste é caracterizado, no inverno, pela presença de uma frente oceanográfica entre a Corrente do Brasil (CB) e a Corrente Costeira do Brasil (CCB). A frente oceanográfica CB/CCB gera intensos gradientes horizontais termais entre as águas frias da plataforma continental do Sul do Brasil, dominadas pela CCB, e águas quentes do oceano profundo, dominadas pela CB. Esse trabalho analisa, pela primeira vez na literatura conhecida, os mecanismos de acoplamento entre o oceano e a atmosfera a partir de dados observacionais da atmosfera e do oceano que foram tomados simultaneamente durante um cruzeiro de pesquisa oceanográfica na costa sul do Brasil entre 11 a 21 de junho de 2012. Nesse experimento, foram lançadas radiossondas atmosféricas e realizadas estações hidrográficas para medidas de temperatura e salinidade do oceano. A área de estudo foi escolhida com base no gradiente termal local apresentado pela frente CB/CCB. Foram realizados cinco transectos perperndiculares à costa sul do Brasil, iniciando-se na localidade de Paranaguá (PR) até o Chuí (Rio Grande do Sul). As características oceanográficas e meteorológicas de inverno foram consideradas na determinação da derrota do navio. A instalação de uma torre micrometeorológica na proa do navio permitiu a realização de medições diretas dos fluxos de calor, momentum e CO2. Este estudo analisa as condições meteorológicas de grande escala e investiga o comportamento da camada limite atmosférica marinha a partir dos dados in situ das radiossondagens. No período em que os dados foram coletados foram observadas condições atmosféricas típicas de inverno, como a passagem de frente fria associada à incursão de uma massa de ar frio pós-frontal e a formação de ciclone extratropical. Observações meteorológicas e oceanográficas realizadas pelos instrumentos instalados no navio foram utilizadas para estimar os fluxos de calor pelo método bulk formulas. Essas estimativas foram comparadas aos fluxos medidos diretamente pelos sensores instalados na proa do navio. As medidas são obtidas utilizando o método de Covariância de Vórtices, usado amplamente em pesquisas micrometeorológicas. Para obter os fluxos turbulentos na interação oceano-atmosfera são necessárias correções nos dados observados devido ao movimento do navio. Durante a maior parte do período estudo, a temperatura da superfície do mar esteve maior do que a temperatura do ar, gerando uma transferência de calor do oceano para atmosfera. Os fluxos de calor foram, geralmente, positivos em ambos os lados da frente oceanográfica CB (quente)/CCB (frio). Contudo, há diferença na magnitude dos fluxos de calor entre os dois lados da frente com a troca foi mais intensa no lado da CB. Os resultados apresentados mostram que os intensos gradientes horizontais termais entre as águas da CB e da CCB que ocorrem durante o inverno ao largo da costa do RS, os sistemas transientes e as advecções térmicas têm um papel importante na modulação da camada limite atmosférica marinha e nos fluxos de calor e CO2. Observações meteorológicas e oceanográficas são fundamentais para ampliar o entendimento dos processos que ocorrem na interface oceano-atmosfera e tem importância primária para a previsão do tempo e clima.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Between 3-12 December 2012, the Oceanographic Vessel Alpha Crucis held oceanographic stations in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean in support to both SAMOC (South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) and ACEx (Atlantic Ocean Carbon Experiment) projects. During the research cruise, the vessel performed 19 measurements with the release of weather balloons with radiosondes. From the data collected by the radiosondes, it was possible to verify the variability of the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) over different synoptic conditions occurring in the area and period of study. From meteorological and oceanographic data collected throughout the trajectory of the ship by an automatic weather station and the onboard termosalinograph, it was possible to estimate the latent and sensible heat fluxes between the ocean and the atmosphere from bulk parameterization. In order to better understand the importance of the local forcing mechanisms imposed by the sea surface temperature (SST) and the large-scale forcing by the current synoptic conditions in the study period, 19 measurements were divided into four transects along the complete ship's trajectory, where the data were grouped with respect to the active synoptic weather conditions in the study area. Our results demonstrate that in the absence of large-scale transient systems acting in the study area, the MABL was modulated by the SST field. This was observed in the first transect, were we found a thick and turbulent MABL with its top at around 600 m and more intense heat fluxes (up to 209 W/m² of latent heat and 47 W/m² of sensible heat) mainly over the warm waters associated with the Brazil Current (BC). Over cooler waters of the transect, outside the domain of the BC, the MABL was shallower, around 200 m, with less intense heat fluxes (up to 1.4 W/m² of latent heat and -16.8 W/m² of sensible heat). In the second transect with the formation of an extratropical cyclone in the La Plata river mouth region, we noted the impact of the synoptic atmospheric conditions influencing the evolution of the MABL during the prefrontal condition when a MABL stratification was verified. During the pos frontal situation, the MABL was a well developed one, with a 1200 m height. In the pos frontal environment, latent heat fluxes (average 290 W/m² with a peak of 468 W/m²) and sensible heat fluxes (average of 18 W/m² with a peak of 45 W/m²) indicate a heat flux directed from the ocean to the atmosphere much more intense in his latent component. On the other hand, in the prefrontal region, lower values of the latent heat fluxes (average of 18 W/m² with a minimum of 15.8 W/m²) and sensible heat fluxes (-63.4 W/m²) were found. During the third transect with the incursion of the warm air mass, the MABL became shallower over the cooler waters of the Brazilian Coastal Current. Along of the entire third transect the SST was lower than the air temperature and this transect presented a stable boundary layer. Throughout the fourth and final transect, there was a secondary cyclogenesis off the coast of the Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil, just north of the cyclone that has been formed in the vicinity of the La Plata river mouth. This cyclone has developed rapidly and has moved toward the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, leaving the study area in the cold sector of the cyclone. With the incursion of the cold air mass, the MABL become thicker and more turbulent with its top around 600 m. The values of latent heat fluxes ranged between 461.2 W/m² over the warm waters associated with the BC and 30.2 W/m² on the cooler waters outside the domain of the BC. This work offers an analysis of movel meteorological and oceanographic observations taken simultaneously in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. These observations are fundamental to widen our understanding on the physical processes occurring at the ocean-atmosphere interface and have primary importance for the weather and climate forecast of the south-southwestern region of Brazil. / Entre os dias 3 a 12 de dezembro de 2012, o Navio Oceanográfico Alpha-Crucis realizou estações oceanográficas no Oceano Atlântico Sudoeste em apoio aos projetos SAMOC (South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) e ACEx (Atlantic Ocean Carbon Experiment). Durante o cruzeiro de pesquisa, o navio realizou 19 medições, com o lançamento de balões meteorológicos com radiossondas. A partir dos dados coletados pelas radiossondas, foi possível verificar a variabilidade da camada limite atmosférica marinha (CLAM) durante distintas condições sinóticas atuantes na área e período de estudo. A partir de dados meteorológicos e oceanográficos coletados ao longo de toda a derrota do navio através da estação meteorológica automática e do termosalinógrafo de bordo, foi possível estimar os fluxos de calor latente e sensível entre o oceano e a atmosfera a partir de parametrizações bulk. Para entender a importância dos mecanismos de forçamento local impostos pela temperatura da superfície do mar (TSM) e de grande escala imposto pelas condições sinóticas vigentes no período de estudo, as 19 medições foram divididas em 4 transectos realizados ao longo da trajetória, onde os dados foram agrupados com respeito às condições atmosféricas sinóticas atuantes. Os resultados do trabalho demonstram que, na ausência de sistemas transientes de grande escala atuantes na região de estudo, a CLAM foi modulada pelo campo de TSM. Isso foi observado no primeiro transecto, onde a CLAM apresentou-se espessa e turbulenta com seu topo em torno de 600 m e com fluxos de calor mais intensos (chegando até 209 W/m² de calor latente e 47 W/m² de calor sensível) principalmente sobre as águas quentes associadas à Corrente do Brasil (CB). Sobre águas mais frias, a CLAM foi mais rasa, em torno de 200 m e com fluxos de calor menos intensos (chegando até 1,4 W/m² de calor latente e -16,8 W/m² de calor sensível). No segundo transecto, com a formação de um ciclone extratropical, nota-se o impacto das condições sinóticas influenciando a evolução da CLAM durante a condição pré-frontal, onde se verificou uma estratificação da CLAM. Na condição pós-frontal, a CLAM apresentou-se bem desenvolvida, com uma altura de 1200 m e os fluxos de calor latente (média de 290 W/m² e com pico de 468 W/m²) e calor sensível (média de 18 W/m² e com pico de 45 W/m²) indicam um fluxo de calor do oceano para a atmosfera muito mais intenso em sua componente latente. Por outro lado, na região pré-frontal, valores mais baixos de fluxos de calor latente (média de 18 W/m² e com um mínimo de -15,8 W/m²) e calor sensível (-63,4 W/m²) foram encontrados. Durante o terceiro transecto com a incursão da massa de ar quente, a CLAM ficou mais rasa sobre as águas mais frias da Corrente Costeira do Brasil. Ao longo de todo o terceiro transecto a TSM esteve menor que a temperatura do ar e esse apresentou uma camada limite estável. Ao longo do último transecto, verificou-se uma ciclogênese secundária na costa do Rio Grande do Sul, imediatamente ao norte do ciclone que havia se formado nas proximidades da desembocadura do Rio da Prata. Esse se desenvolveu rapidamente e se deslocou para o Oceano Atlântico Sudoeste, deixando a região de estudo sob o setor frio do ciclone. Com a incursão da massa de ar frio, a CLAM ficou mais espessa e turbulenta com seu topo em torno de 600 m. Os valores dos fluxos de calor latente variaram entre 461,2 W/m² sobre as águas quentes associadas à da CB e 30,2 W/m² sobre as águas mais frias fora do domínio dessa. Esse trabalho oferece uma análise de observações meteorológicas e oceanográficas inéditas tomadas simultaneamente no Oceano Atlântico Sudoeste. Essas observações são fundamentais para ampliar o entendimento dos processos físicos que ocorrem na interface oceano-atmosfera e tem importância primária para a previsão do tempo e clima na região sul-sudeste do Brasil.

En période hivernale, le golfe du Lion est sujet à des conditions de vents régionaux forts (Mistral et/ou Tramontane) qui transportent des masses d'air continentales froides et sèches au dessus de la mer. Ces événements, les Cold Air Outbreaks (CAO) , conduisent à d'intenses échanges air-mer et donc à un pompage de chaleur qui favorise la formation d'eaux denses et le déclenchement de la convection océanique profonde. La bonne représentation de ces échanges air-mer intenses dans les modèles de climat et de prévision numérique du temps reste à l'heure actuelle une problématique majeure. Elle est au cœur du projet ASICS-MED centré sur compréhension des mécanismes de formation d'eaux denses en Méditerranée et qui s'inscrit dans le cadre de la thématique " Échanges air-mer intenses " du programme HyMeX dédié à l'étude du cycle de l'eau en Méditerranée. Les processus qui s'opèrent au sein de la couche limite atmosphérique marine (CLAM) et de la couche de mélange océanique (CMO) interagissent entre eux à différentes échelles spatiales et temporelles. La compréhension de l'évolution globale de la CLAM mais également des mécanismes locaux nécessitent la prise en compte de l'ensemble des processus. L'étude présentée ici est consacrée à la structure moyenne et turbulente de la CLAM en conditions de vents forts. L'objectif est de déterminer comment l'organisation du champ turbulent est impactée lors d'épisodes de CAO et d'estimer les flux de surface associés à ces conditions de vents forts. La méthodologie adoptée est basée sur l'utilisation conjointe d'observations aéroportées collectées lors de la campagne de mesure SOP2 d'HyMeX et de simulations numériques. La campagne de mesure SOP2 d'HyMeX qui a eu lieu au cours de l'hiver 2013 dans le golfe du Lion a permis de documenter grâce à l'avion de recherche ATR42 la structure moyenne et turbulente de la CLAM lors de 11 épisodes de CAO. Une analyse spectrale s'appuyant sur un modèle analytique a été réalisé sur 181 paliers (i.e. segments de vol rectilignes et stabilisés en altitude). Les profils verticaux des échelles turbulentes caractéristiques ainsi que la forme du spectre de la vitesse verticale ont permis de mettre en évidence un allongement des structures énergétiques dans l'axe du vent moyen associé à l'organisation du champ turbulent sous la forme de rouleaux longitudinaux. Une description unidirectionnelle du champ turbulent tridimensionnel peut conduire à une représentativité limitée des structures cohérentes au sein des échantillons. Cependant, la connaissance des profils de flux sur toute l'épaisseur de la CLAM est nécessaire pour l'estimation des échanges air-mer. Une méthode de correction des flux turbulents calculés par eddy correlation a été appliqué afin de prendre en compte les erreurs systématique et aléatoire relatives à la mesure et au traitement de données. Cette correction a permis de déterminer les meilleures estimations possibles des flux extrapolés à la surface avec une marge d'incertitude pour les 11 épisodes de CAO documentés lors de la campagne SOP2 d'HyMeX. La comparaison de ces estimations aéroportées aux autres sources d'information dérivées de paramétrisations des flux a permis de mettre en évidence une sous-estimation systématique du flux de chaleur latente en conditions de vents forts. Une approche numérique a permis de compléter l'analyse de la structure moyenne et turbulente de la CLAM lors d'épisodes de CAO. / During winter, local strong winds (Mistral or Tramontana) occurred in the Gulf of Lion which bring cold and dry continental air over a warmer sea. Those events, the cold air outbreaks, can lead to intense air-sea interactions which favour dense water formation and deep oceanic convection. The representation of air-sea exchanges is a fundamental aspect of of climate modelling and numerical weather forecasting. The ASICS-MED project aims to identify fine-scale processes leading to dense water formation and is a part of the "Intense air-sea exchanges" topic of the HyMeX program devoted to hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean. The processes occurring within the marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) and the oceanic mixing layer (ML) interact with one another at different spatial and temporal scales. Understanding the overall evolution of the MABL but also the local mechanisms requires taking into account all the processes. The study presented here is devoted to the mean and turbulent structure of the MABL under strong wind conditions. The objective is to determine how the organization of the turbulent field is impacted during CAO events and to estimate the surface fluxes associated with these strong wind conditions. The methodology adopted is based on the joint use of airborne observations collected during the HyMeX-SOP2 field campaign and numerical simulations. The HyMeX-SOP2 field campaign took place during the winter of 2013 in the Gulf of Lion. The research aircraft ATR42 was operated to document the mean and turbulent structure of the MABL during 11 CAO events. A spectral analysis based on an analytic model was carried out on 181 legs (i.e. stacked straight and level runs stabilized in altitude). The vertical profiles of the turbulent characteristic scales as well as the shape of the vertical velocity spectrum revealed an elongation of the energy structures in the mean wind direction associated with the organization of the turbulent field into longitudinal rolls. A unidirectional sampling of the three-dimensional turbulent field may lead to a limited representativeness of the coherent structures within the samples. However, knowledge of kinematic fluxes profiles over the entire thickness of the CLAM is necessary to estimate air-sea exchanges. A correction method was applied to turbulent fluxes calculated by eddy correlation in order to take into account systematic and random errors related to measurement and data processing. This correction made it possible to determine the best possible estimates of the extrapolated surface fluxes with a margin of uncertainty for the 11 CAO events documented during the HyMeX-SOP2 field campaign. The comparison of these airborne estimates with the other sources of information derived from bulk parameterizations show a systematic underestimation of the latent heat flux under strong wind conditions. A numerical approach allowed to complete the analysis of the mean and turbulent structure of the MABL during CAO events. The numerical study, based on the non-hydrostatic Meso-NH model, focuses on an episode of strong Tramontana with winds greater than 25m/s documented during the HyMeX-SOP2 field campaign. In a first step, a one-dimensional framework made it possible to understand the forcing terms necessary to reproduce in a realistic way the development of the observed MABL. This reference configuration allowed, in a second time, a Large-Eddy Simulation of the CAO event. This simulation has been validated using airborne data and has allowed to deepen the description of the turbulent field as well as the evolution of the coherent structures oriented in the axis of the mean wind.

La physique de la couche limite atmosphérique en domaine océanique est principalement régie par les processus couplés liés au vent, à l’état de mer local, et à des effets de flottabilité. Leur compréhension reste néanmoins parcellaire et leurs descriptions théoriques et stochastiques sont pour le moins lacunaires, lorsqu’elles ne sont tout simplement pas mises à mal par les rares observations. Dans un contexte d’exploitation croissante de la ressource éolienne offshore, la mise en place de méthodes numériques visant à une description plus fine des propriétés turbulentes de cette couche limite sera une étape déterminante dans la réduction des coûts et l’optimisation des structures pour des rendements de récupération d’énergie améliorés. Ainsi, un outil numérique a été mis en place afin d’étudier le couplage entre un écoulement atmosphérique et l’état de mer. Un code Large-Eddy Simulation massivement parallèle pour la simulation des écoulements atmosphériques incompressibles développé par P. Sullivan au National Center for Atmospheric Research est couplé à un code spectral d’états de mer non-linéaires développé au Laboratoire de recherche en Hydrodynamique, Energétique et Environnement Atmosphérique. De nombreuses configurations de vents et d’états de mer sont modélisées. On montre que les lois semi empiriques souvent utilisées pour représenter la distribution verticale de la vitesse moyenne du vent sont une bonne approximation dans les situations où un petit état de mer est soumis à un fort vent. Néanmoins, dans le cas de houles très rapides se propageant dans des zones de faible vent, la création d’un jet de vent par la houle invalide ces lois semi-empiriques. / Modelling the dynamic coupling of ocean-atmosphere systems requires a fundamental and quantitative understanding of the mechanisms governing the windwave interactions: despite numerous studies, our current understanding remains quite incomplete and, in certain conditions, sparse field observations contradict the usual theoretical and stochastic models. Within the context of a growing exploitation of the offshore wind energy and the development of met ocean models, a fine description of this resource is a key issue. Field experiments and numerical modelling have revealed that atmospheric stability and wave effects, including the dynamic sea surface roughness, are two major factors affecting the wind field over oceans. A numerical tool has been implemented in order to study the coupling between an atmospheric flow and the seastate. A massively parallel large-eddy simulation developed by P. Sullivan at the National Center for Atmospheric Research is then coupled to a High-Order Spectral wave model developed at the Hydrodynamics,Energetics & Atmospheric Environment Laboratory in Ecole Centrale de Nantes. Numerous configurations of wind and sea states are investigated. It appears that, under strongly forced wind conditions above a small sea state, the semi-empirical laws referred to as standards in the international guidelines are a good approximation for the vertical profile of the mean wind speed. However, for light winds overlying fast-moving swell, the presence of a wave induced wind jet is observed, invalidating the use of such logarithmic laws.