The main mission of IPGP Data Center is to manage and to distribute geophysical data from IPGP to support the geophysical research community.

The management and distribution follows some requirements:

• A long term archive
• High quality of continuous datasets
• Reliable and efficient access to the data
• Integration to National, European and International structures:
  • French Seismologic and Geodetic Network (Résif)
  • European Integrated Data Archive (EIDA) and Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology (ORFEUS)
  • European plate observatory system (EPOS)
  • International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks (FDSN) Data Center and IRIS Data Management Center (IRIS-DMC)
  • Planetary Data System - NASA