Sa. Hsu et al., DETERMINING THE POWER-LAW WIND-PROFILE EXPONENT UNDER NEAR-NEUTRAL STABILITY CONDITIONS AT SEA, Journal of applied meteorology, 33(6), 1994, pp. 757-765
On the basis of 30 samples from near-simultaneous overwater measuremen
ts by pairs of anemometers located at different heights in the Gulf of
Mexico and off the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, the mean and standard de
viation for the exponent of the power-law wind profile over the ocean
under near-neutral atmospheric stability conditions were determined to
be 0.11 +/- 0.03. Because this mean value is obtained from both deep
and shallow water environments, it is recommended for use at sea to ad
just the wind speed measurements at different heights to the standard
height of 10 m above the mean sea surface. An example to apply this P
value to estimate the momentum flux or wind stress is provided.