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Missions and History
SISMER (Systèmes d'Informations Scientifiques pour la
Mer) was created in 1990 and belongs to the major
infrastructures for oceanography. Since 1997 it belongs to the Computer, Informatics
and Marine Data (IDM) Department IFREMER, It participates in the
"Oceanographic Data Centres" program of the institute key action "Major
Equipements for Oceanography". As defined in its missions, it designs and
operates scientific information systems and databases for national and
international projects in the marine domain, in collaboration with ISI
(Ingénierie des Systèmes d'Informations) Service. Its activity
includes compilation, safeguarding and dissemination of conventional data
collected during national and international projects The data management
includes also information on methodology and formats (meta-data), and the
implementation of quality checks to insure comparability of data from various
sources.
SISMER is the Designated National Oceanographic Data Centre for France
(French NODC) for the International Oceanographic Data Exchange program (IODE) of UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, following
the former Bureau National des Données Océaniques (BNDO).
This national data banking activity dates from 1968, and covers the fields
of marine physics, chemical, underway geophysics and general information
on French oceanographic cruises and data sets.
SISMER contributes to data management structures of several international
scientific projects, especially in the frame of the European MAST program.
Data and services are provided
by using:
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advanced technology software developed by the Service "Engineering
of Information Systems (ISI)" |
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centralized computer and communication facilities managed by the Service
" Computer and Communication Resources (RIC)". |
Software and Hardware Support
Software
| Reformatting tools
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Quality Control Expert tools
- SCOOP(
System of Control Orientied Oceanographic Parameters)
- CQDG (System
of Control oriented Geophysical Data collected underway)
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Edition and data delivery tools tools
- NAUTILUS Web portal
- SELMED: data selection from databases
on disk or cd-rom |
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Commercial
software |
MATLAB, NAG
windows + word, excel, Powerpoint
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Hardware
| SISMER
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SUN UNIX Workstations, PC/windows
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IFREMER resources managed by Service RIC |
ETHERNET local network
national research network RENATER - INTERNET
ORACLE RDBS server
Automatic archiving and safeguarding
system
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