High Altitude Research Laboratory

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High Altitude Research Laboratory
Company type
Nuclear research
Founded1954
Headquarters,

High Altitude Research Laboratory (HARL) is a research laboratory located at Gulmarg, India.[1]

History

The laboratory was established in 1954, jointly by

geomagnetism, and atmospheric neutron monitoring. It was formally opened on 4 April 1954.[2]

In 1963, the laboratory became a constituent part of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre[3] and it is managed by BARC's Astrophysical Sciences Division (ASD).[4]

In 1974, to assist HARL in executing different research projects in the field of

radiation physics, Nuclear Research Laboratory was set up in Srinagar.[5]

Research & development

Gulmarg observatory

Since 1977, the Gulmarg Observatory is in operation. It was established to study the geomagnetic field near the center of the ionospheric Sq current system to fill a gap in the chain of magnetic observatories between India and the erstwhile Soviet Union.[6]

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