Bentamy A., K B. Katsaros, M. Alberto, W. M. Drennan, E. B. Forde, 2002: Daily surface wind fields produced by merged satellite data. (cersat.ifremer.fr)
What's more, these fluctuations in the model's ocean gyre circulation were strongly correlated with the local surface wind field. (aer.com)
It was known at this time that areas of organised rain were often related to confluence lines in the surface wind field. (metlink.org)