Describes how wind patterns and other factors cause ocean surface currents. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]

This "kite science" site offers information on wind and the atmospheric conditions that cause it. From "Principles of Aeronautics."

Imagine our weather if Earth were completely motionless, had a flat dry landscape and an un-tilted axis. This, of course, is not the case; if it were, the weather would be much different. The local weather that impacts our daily lives...

The concept of jet streams is explained on this site. Read about why jet stream winds blow from west to east, what the polar jet and subtropical jet are, the role that the rotation of the Earth plays, etc.