SISMER
Systèmes d’Informations Scientifiques pour la Mer
French NODC
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
Contribution to IODE and New Perspectives
in the frame of the Operational Oceanography
presented by Catherine MAILLARD
JODC Meeting, Hydrographic Department of Japan,
Tokyo March 2000
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Summary of the presentation
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
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Context and History
National Oceanographic Data Bank
Projects
Quality Assurance
New developments for Real Time Data Management
Human Support and Facilities
Conclusion, Perspectives, New Challenges for Data
Management in France and in Europe
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
IFREMER
 IFREMER (the French Institute of Research and Exploitation of the
Sea), a public institute of industrial and commercial nature, created by
a decree of 5 June 1984, is the only French body with an exclusively
maritime vocation.
 It is placed under the joint authority of the Ministries of Research and
Technology, of Fisheries and Equipment and Transport.
 Annual budget : one billion French Francs,
 1700 executives, researchers, engineers, seamen, technicians and
administrative staff,
 72 laboratories and research departments, located in 24 stations and
centres along the metropolitan coast and overseas,
 7 vessels, 2 manned submersibles, equipped with scientific
instruments.
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History of the Data Centre
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
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SISMER (Systèmes d'Informations Scientifiques pour la Mer) was
created in 1990, and since 1997 belongs to the Informatics and Marine
Data Department (IDT) of IFREMER, the main French government
research agency devoted to ocean research and exploitation.
SISMER is the Designated National Oceanographic Data Centre for
France (French NODC) for the International Oceanographic Data
Exchange programme (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 national
and international scientific projects, especially in the frame of the
European MAST programme.
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IFREMER IDM Department and Facilities
• Brest Services
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RIC : network, archiving system and centralised facilities
ISIB : information system engineering in Brest
SISMER : data centre
COM : Oceano-meteo services
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
• Centralised Facilities in Brest
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Brest centre mainframe - RDBS & WWW servers
Central archiving backup system
Network Administration
RDBS + GIS Software Administration
• Distributed Facilies
– SUN UNIX Work stations
– DOS personal computers + Office software
– Software : MATLAB, Expert QC software, Loading/Extracting
Data
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
MISSIONS
• to design and operate scientific information systems
and databases in the domain of the sea;
• sets the standards of quality to be respected for data
storage;
• maintains an inventory of information systems and
databases, the responsible scientists and rules for
their availability;
• represents IFREMER within national and international
authorities concerned with the management of sea
data;
• provides training and transfer of knowledge within its
field of competence.
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National Oceanographic Data Bank
Catalogues -Meta-databases
 French Oceanographic Cruise Summary Reports - ROSCOP
(>4700 cruises)
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
 Marine Data Sets Inventory - MEDI/EDMED
National Geophysical Data Bank
National Physical and Chemical Data Bank
Real Time Data Management - Operational
Oceanography
Reference Data - Data Products from other
data centres
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Projects
 Catalogues - Meta-Databases
– MAST-EURONODIM - European cooperative network for
oceanographic data & information management
 Related with the Geophysical Data Bank
– DORSALES
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
 Related with the Physical and Chemical Database
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MAST-MEDAR/MEDATLAS II
MAST-MTP II/MATER
MAST-OCTOPUS - Tomographie Acoustique
MAST-ROBLINKS - Propagation Acoustique
 Related with the (Pre-)Operational Oceanography
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TOGA/WOCE/CLIVAR
MAST-MFSPP- Mediterranean Forecasting System
MAREL
CORIOLIS
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
National Geophysical Data Bank
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Vertical Bathymetry : 353 Cruises
Multibeam Bathymetry : 278 Cruises
Gravity : 213 Cruises
Magnetism : 256 Cruises
imagery : 64 Cruises
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
Related Project : DORSALES-RIDGE
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
DORSALES-RIDGE
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National Physical and Chemical Data Bank
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CTD
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Bottle Casts
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Current Meter Time Series
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Thermistor Chain Time Series
MEDAR/MEDATLAS, MATER, OCTOPUS, ROBLINKS
2500
2000
1500
Bouteilles
CTD
1000
Bo
Courantos
500
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Related Projects :
16 790
34 111
1853
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MTPII-MATER
MAss Transfer and Ecosystem Response
(MAS3-CT96-0051)
Physics
VERTICAL PROFILES
TIME SERIES
3013 CTD
CTD TIME SERIE
572 XBT
21 THERMISTOR STRING
461 ADCP VERTICAL PROFILES
110 CURRENT METER
LAGRANGIAN FLOAT
105 Oceanographic Cruises
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
Biochemistry
VERTICAL PROFILES
TIME SERIES
1473 BOTTLES STATIONS
37 SEDIMENT TRAPS
126 Moorings
269 BIOLOGICAL STATIONS
Other parameters :
meteorology, biology, model outputs
3 Regional Data Centres
and an Animation Task
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MAST- MEDAR/MEDATLASII
Mediterranean Data Archaeology and Rescue
of Temperature, Salinity and Bio-chemical Parameters
UL/GHER
ICES
Liège, Belgium Copenhaguen, Dk
IFREMER/SISMER
Brest, France
IOC
Paris, France
RIHMI-WDC
Obninsk, Russia
OGS
Trieste, Italy
ENEA
La Spezia, Italy
CNR/IMGA
Bologne, Italy
MHI/MIST
Sevastopol, Ukraine
NIMH
Sofia, Bulgaria
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
IEO
Madrid, Spain
TN/DNHO
Istanbul, Turkey
NCMR/HNODC
Athens, Hellas
ISMAL
Alger, Algeria
UM-PO
Msida, Malta
NCSR-NCMS
FD-MANRE/CyNODC Batroun, Lebanon
Nicosia, Cyprus
INRH/DOTM
Casablanca, Morocco
NIOF/ENODC
Alexandria, Egypt
IOLR
Haifa, Israel
Collaborations and Scientific Advisers :
GODAR Project - WDC-A, NODC-Croatia, DNA Tunisia, DNA Georgia
EUROGOOS, MEDGOOS, IODE Network
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MEDAR/MEDATLAS II OBJECTIVES AND
METHODOLOGY
1. to complete the data-void areas in the Eastern and Southern parts of the
Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea with new observations, through a wide cooperation of the Mediterranean countries; the core parameters identified as
necessary to archive for the ecosystem following up and modelling are :
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
Temperature
Nitrate
Nitrite
Ammonia
Total Nitrogen
Salinity
Phosphate
Total P
Silicate
Chlorophyll-a
Oxygen
Alkalinity
pH
H2S
2. to make available comparable and compatible data sets of temperature, salinity
and bio-chemical profiles issuing from different sources, by using a common
protocol for formatting and quality checking based on the available preliminary
knowledge of the core parameters distribution and the internationally agreed
standards;
3. to prepare value added products including climatological gridded statistics and
maps that will be useful for the understanding and modelling of the
Mediterranean and Black Sea by using efficient and robust objective analysis
techniques;
4. to extend the protocol for data qualification to each stage of the data processing;
5. to facilitate the access to the archived data and enhance the data for various
scientific, educational, industrial and environmental needs, through electronic
publishing on widely disseminated media and promotion.
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Centre International de Données de
sub-surface TOGA/WOCE/CLIVAR
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474688 profiless of temperature 1985-1998 (2000)
Automatic and Visual QC
WWW Interface to access data
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
Related Projects : CORIOLIS , MFSPP
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MFSPP
Mediterranean Forecasting Pilot Project
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
(MAS3-CT98-0171)
Model predictions with Assimilation of RT in situ data from VOS, from
multidisciplinary mooring in Aegean Sea, satellite and meteorological data
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Loading and Extraction Tools
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
– Input interface
– ON LINE Data
Extraction
+ dedicated software for
automatic file indexation
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Publication Tools
• Automatic edition of WWW Catalogues from RDBS :
htql
• Paperprint catalogues and Mailing
• Data products on Cdrom
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
 data selection through several criterions including geographical
areas
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Data Dissemination
1998 : DATA FROM NATIONAL DATA BANKS
113 REQUESTS
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
France
Private Sector
8%
Foreign
15%
IFREMER
36%
France
Public Sector
41%
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Base TOGA/WOCE/CLIVAR : 50 (8 on line, 42 manual diffusion)
Cdrom MEDATLAS : 14 exchanged + 30 sold
Cruise catalogue : about 200 hit /day on WWW
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
COASTAL MONITORING - MAREL
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CORIOLIS provor float cycling
cycle period
launching
reference date
cycle period
reference date + 1 period
argos
argos
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
argos
cycle 0
cycle 1
cycle 2
does not match
the period
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CORIOLIS data center functions
Interopérability with argo
gts
control
data quality control
technical monitoring of equipments
web
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
collection
mail
internet
gts
cd-rom
paper...
favorite medium
data base
catalogue - archive
dissemination
public / private
mail
mailing lists
products
graphics and charts
statistics
analyses
quality insurance for exploitation
cd-rom
or other support
on request
hardware & software management - backup
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
provor profilers
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
description of a provor
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
display of a provor profile
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
provor in pommier area
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
provor temperature map
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Reference Data
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Gridded Climatologies ... (Levitus, MODB,
MEDATLAS, Atlantique T. Reynaud)
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Topographic Data
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
(ETOP5, TOPO_2mn, Gravi_2mn, traits de cote, IGN)
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Tide Predictions - SHOM
Data products on CDroms & diskettes
received at SISMER
Dissemination on Internet or Intranet depending
on copyright
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
FORMATS
• Meta-data : RDBS
• Small-medium size files :
autodescriptive ASCII (MEDATLAS)
• Large volume files : NetCDF
• Satellite data format
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Quality Assurance
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
QC0 : Check the format and the completeness of the information
QC1 : Check the location and date
QC2 : Check the data points
References - Standards
– CIEM-Marine Data Management working Group (CIEM)
– UNESCO/COI/IODE : International Oceanographic Data &
Information Exchange
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
QC1 Control of the location and Date
- Data collected in station
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
QC1: Control of the location and Date
- Time series on fixed mooring
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TMSI/IDM/SISMER
QC2 - Control of the Data points
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Conclusion 1
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
Current Objectives of Data Management
• to insure perennial safeguarding, access and promotion
of the national data holdings
• to make available long time series of coherent and
comparable observations of the same type
• to contribute to a better exploitation of the
oceanographic work among scientific, engineering
educational and decision maker community
• to have access to foreign data sets through data
exchange
• to assist the scientists in preparing projects
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Conclusion 2
New Needs & Challenges
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FURTHER NEEDS EXPRESSED BY THE USERS
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Access to multidisciplinary data, especially biochemical data
Archives of large volumes
Real time or near RT data
TMSI/IDM/SISMER
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Quality data to get compatibility and comparability within long times
series
DATA MANAGERS SHOULD IMPROVE THEIR EXPERTISE
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Convince the scientists to decrease the time lag between data collection
and data submission to data centres - avoid to the data to become
archaeological
for automatic data collection, Data Centres should take in charge part
of the scientific validation
to prepare value added products easy to process by non-specialists
NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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to get information on data availability
to establish and develop standards - Reference Manuals
to share the tasks during international projects
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