Horizon 1 1 17 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES Comptes Rendus Geoscience 206-213 ocean satellite wind stress curl Ekman mesoscale model 2006 fdi:010035597 ENG Comptes Rendus Geoscience 1631-0713 CC:0002362293-0007 3 10.1016/j.crte.2005.10.002 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010035597 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2006/04/010035597.pdf 338 Horizon (IRD) Surface marine wind data base front ERS-1 scatterometer has been processed to define the characteristic seasonal distribution of wind-stress curl throughout the southwestern Indian Ocean between January and December 1994. A compact model to obtain satellite-derived wind-stress curl fields on smaller scales than previously available is proposed and evaluated. The results indicate the strong capability of the ERS-1 scatterometer to monitor wind-driven variations in the mesoscale ocean patterns. 126 ; 032