Mesoscale eddies are relatively small structures that dominate the ocean variability and have large impact on large scale circulation, heat fluxes and biological processes. In the western Mediterranean Sea, a high number of eddies has been observed and studied in the past with in-situ observations. Yet, a systematic characterization of these eddies is still lacking due to the small scales involved in these processes in this region where the Rossby deformation radius that characterizes the horizontal scales of the eddies is small (10-15 km). The objective of this thesis is to perform a characterization of mesoscale eddies in the western Mediterranean. For this purpose, we propose to develop tools to study the fine scales of the basin. First,...