https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.9 2026-05-13T10:52:13.516Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/providers/a7c2e216-db6b-4d39-9852-6dff5f6aba2e FR/IFREMER/SISMER SISMER (Systems d'Informations Scientifiques pour la Mer) wascreated in 1990 and belongs to the major infrastructures foroceanography. Since 1997 it belongs to the Computer,Informatics and Marine Data (IDM) Department of theMarineTechnology & Information System Directorship (TMSI)of IFREMER, It participates in the 'Information Systems forOceanography' programme of the institute key action 'MajorEquipements for Oceanography'.As defined in its missions, itdesigns and operates scientific information systems anddatabases for national and international projects in the marinedomain, in collaboration with ISI (Ing?nierie des Syst?mesd'Informations) Service. Its activity includes compilation,safeguarding and dissemination of conventional data collectedduring national and international projects The data managementincludes also information on methodology and formats(meta-data), and the implementation of quality checks to insurecomparability of data from various source s.SISMER is the Designated National Oceanographic Data Centre forFrance (French NODC) for the International Oceanographic DataExchange programme (IODE) of UNESCO IntergovernmentalOceanographic Commission, following the former Bureau Nationaldes Donn?es Oc?aniques (BNDO). This national data bankingactivity dates from 1968, and covers the fields of marinephysics, chemical, underway geophysics and general informationon French oceanographic cruises and data sets.SISMER contributes to data management structures of severalinternational scientific projects, especially in the frame ofthe European MAST programme.cWebsite: 'http://www.ifremer.fr/sismer/'[Summary provided by French Research Institute for Exploitationof the Sea, Scientific Information Systems for the Sea.]