Interactive comment on “Ocean–atmosphere–wave characterization of a wind jet (Ebro shelf, NW Mediterranean Sea)” by M. Grifoll et al

The authors use a coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave model (SWAN) to simulate winds in a particular region on the continental shelf in the Mediterranean Sea. After showing that the model does a good job in reproducing the observed wind and wave patters, the authors use different parameterizations for the atmospheric bottom roughness length: in one case it depends on wind intensity ("uncoupled" simulation), and in three cases it depends on the ocean surface wave field as well ("coupled" simulations). The authors conclude that, despite the differences between the different parameterizations are small, the coupling becomes important for wind power assessments, which depend on the third power of the wind intensity.