function [sp2,ustar]=spshftve(sp1,z1,z2) % SPSHFTVE: adjusts wind speed from z1 to z2 following Vera (1983). % sp2 = SPSHFTVE(sp1,z1,z2) shifts the wind speed sp1 measured at z1 to % z2 using the neutral drag law of Vera (1983) [see Large, Morzel, % and Crawford (1995), J. Phys. Oceanog., 25, 2959-2971 (eqn. 8)]. % Assumes z1 and z2 scalars. % % INPUT: sp1 - measured wind speed [m/s] % z1 - measurement height [m] % z2 - desired height of sp2 [m] % % OUTPUT: sp2 - predicted wind speed [m/s] % ustar - friction velocity [m/s] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % 3/8/97: version 1.0 % 8/27/98: version 1.1 (revised to use CDNVE efficiently by RP) % 8/5/99: version 2.0 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % set constants as_consts; % find cd and ustar [cd10,sp10]=cdnve(sp1,z1); ustar=sqrt(cd10).*sp10; sp2=sp10+ustar.*log(z2./10)/kappa;