Abstract
The ocean surface was simulated by many facets whose slope is represented by the Gaussian distribution, where the slope of the facets depends upon the isotropic ocean surface wind (Cox and Munk, 1956). Thus the ocean surface wind could be derived from the pattern of the reflected radiation in the sun glint region. The data of the channel 3 (3.55-3.93 μm) of the AVHRR radiometer (NOAA-6) were used and compared with the theoretical computations. The derived results are in good agreement with those of the ground based measurements.
