Snow And Avalanche Study Establishment DRDO

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As you asking I am telling Snow and avalanche study establishment DRDO was set up in 1969 near Manali to combat the hazards of snow and avalanches not only to help the Armed Forces to fight and live in the mountains but also to accelerate the pace of socio-economic growth of the inaccessible snowbound hill regions.

Areas of Work

Operational Avalanche Prediction
Design of Strategic Avalanche Control Structures
Computational Snow Material Sciencel
Snowcover Information System and Mountain Hazard Mapping using Remote Sensing
Instrumentation & Sensors for Snow-Avalanche Research.
Snow Climate Research and Mountain Meteorology
Snow Geo-Intelligence using Unmanned Air borne Systems
Cold Region Data Bank
Advise to users on Road Alignments and Avalanche Control Measures, and Safe camping sites.
Training on Avalanche Safety and Rescue
Study of Snow Climate and its effect on Mobility of Troops.
Avalanche Dynamics Study
Slope Stabilization & Afforesration.
Research on Glacier Dynamics to study Crevasse Formation and Glacier Related Hazards.
Snow Harvesting
Artificial Triggering of Avalanches
Climate Change
Mountain Weather Forecast

RODUCT/TECHNOLOGIES FOR CIVIL SECTOR

Consultancy services to State Governments for the protection of important installations, settlements and highways.
Consultancy to Border Road Organization.
Avalanche Forecasting for civil population of J&K, Uttaranchal and HP .
Expertise in realignment of roads and co-location of camps etc in snow-bound areas .
Designing of avalanche control structures .
Technology of formation zone control structures has been developed and successfully implemented at one of the most frequent avalanche sites called as D-10 avalanche site (Banihal top) located on Jammu Srinagar National Highway -1A.
Avalanche Data Cards
Handouts/User Guide and multimedia CDs on avalanche safety.
Avalanche Atlas
Tipping bucket for precipitation measurement.
PPSP (Parallel Probe Saturation Profiler)
Snow Temperature Profiler
Modified Snow Bridges
UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

Address
Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment  
Him Parisar, Near Bhaskar Chowk, Sector 37A, Chandigarh, 160036
Phone:0172 269 9804

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