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Oddbjørn Bruland

Oddbjørn Bruland

Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

oddbjorn.bruland@ntnu.no
+4773594755 +4747607202 Vassbygget, Valgrinda, S. P. Andersens veg 5
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About

CV

Oddbjørn Bruland is a professor in Water Resources Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He holds an executive master's degree in Technology Management and Innovation from MIT, NHH, and NTNU, as well as a master's and a Ph.D. from NTNU.

Oddbjørn has more than 20 years of diverse experience in research and project management in areas ranging from polar hydrology, snow and forecasting for optimization of hydropower production to software development and modeling for the power industry, flooding and natural hazards, and visualization and digital transformation. He has worked as a consultant in infrastructure planning and has been teaching at NTNU since 2012, as a professor from 2016, and as the program leader for the international master's program "Hydropower Development."

He initiated and led major transformation projects in the hydropower sector that have brought the company to a leading international position in these topics. Oddbjørn is also the initiator and project manager for one of NTNU's strategic focus projects, "World of Wild Waters." Through this project and his work and engagement in flood risk and flood protection, Oddbjørn has been heavily involved in societal discussions on this topic. He aims to focus on better understanding the challenges and communicating them through the better use of technology and digital tools. His ultimate goal is to find better, innovative, socio-economic and cost-effective measures to reduce the risks and consequences of floods.

Oddbjørn was the group leader for the Water Resources Group at NTNU (2016-2020), the chairman of the board for the Master in Technology Management program at NTNU/NHH (2011-2015), a board member at Tekna in Statkraft, serving his final year as the chairman (2009-2011), and the Chief Delegate on behalf of the Hydrological Council in Norway for the Northern Research Basin. He was also the chairman of Strindheim Ski, one of Norway's largest skiing clubs (2012-2020).

Competencies

  • Digitalisering
  • Flom
  • Flomskred
  • Hydrologi
  • Infrastruktur
  • Modellering
  • Naturfare
  • Prosjektledelse
  • Snø
  • Vannkraft
  • Vassdrag
  • Vassdragsmiljø

Research

Main research areas are within

=> snow as a resource both for the hydropower industry, sport and recreation. This research interest covers snow properties, snow accumulation and snow distribution, snow storage measurements, snow melt processes and modelling of these processes.

=> Flood risk evaluation, management and mitigation and covers the hydrological and hydraulic process understanding, modelling, techno-economic and socio-economic optimization. This involves the multipurpose understanding of the value of water courses.

=> Hydropower planning and optimization and covers how to exploite and balance the use of water resources in both a techno-economic and socio-economic optimal manner.

=> How to use digital tools to improve understanding and communication in operational activities and of research results.

World of Wild Water

WoWW focus on gamification of natural hazards to create immersive user experiences through digital storytelling and understanding of human behavior, to increase the understanding and communication of cause and effect of Natural Hazards.

Trygg Elv (Safe Rivers)

The Trygg Elv project aims at defining critical points in rivers during floods using automatic methods. The project will develop tools that can be used to detect and prioritise critical areas during floods meant for planning and operational use.

HydroCen Labs

Research Council Infrastructure project for to establish research infrastructure for Hydropower, hydrologic and hydraulic research. Investments in and upgrading of the Norwegian hydraulic laboratory is a major part of the project (2020 - 2024)

Snow Projects

Various projects related to snow properties, snow distribution, snow melt and modelling.

Flood tunnel

Study of techno-economic potential in combining flood tunnels with hydropower to finance the flood risk reduction on existing infrastructure with minimized environmental impacts

Publications

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2023

  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2023) Simulation of flash flood peaks in a small and steep catchment using rain-on-grid technique. Journal of Flood Risk Management.
    Academic article

2022

  • Alene, Gebray Habtu; Vicari, Hervé; Irshad, Shafaq; Perkis, Andrew; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Thakur, Vikas Kumar Singh. (2022) Realistic visualization of debris flow type landslides through virtual reality. Landslides. Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides. volum 20.
    Academic article
  • Alfredsen, Knut; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Hydropower in Cold Regions. Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Second Edition.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Adressavisen.
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Universitetsavisa.
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Løysinga som hindrar flaum og gir straum- og er sjølvfinansiert. Fjordingen.
    Popular scientific article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Straumprisen framleis eit mysterium. Adressavisen.
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Bakken, Tor Haakon. (2022) Disse tiltakene kan redusere flommer. Gemini.
    Popular scientific article

2021

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Snow processes, modeling, and impact. Precipitation Earth Surface Responses and Processes.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moraru, Adina; Pavlícek, Michal; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Ruther, Nils. (2021) The Story of a Steep River: Causes and Effects of the Flash Flood on 24 July 2017 in Western Norway. Water. volum 13 (12).
    Academic article

2020

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) How extreme can unit discharge become in steep Norwegian catchments?. Hydrology Research. volum 51 (2).
    Academic article
  • Moraru, Adina; Perkis, Andrew; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Ruther, Nils. (2020) Optimization and visualization of numerical models of flash floods in steep Norwegian rivers. Proceedings of the 1st IAHR Young Professionals congress (online, 17-18 November 2020).
    Other
  • Moraru, Adina; Ruther, Nils; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) Current trends in the optimization of hydraulic flood simulations in ungauged steep rivers. River Flow 2020 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Delft, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2020).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2019

  • Kauko, Hanne; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Bakken, Tor Haakon. (2019) Grønn energi til Stryn Sommerski - Utredningsstudie om alternative energiløsninger. 2019. ISBN 978-82-14-06390-5. SINTEF Rapport (2019:00722).
    Report
  • Moraru, Adina; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Perkis, Andrew; Ruther, Nils. (2019) Visualizing hydrodynamic fluid simulations within an immersive experience as a scientific dissemination strategy. MekIT’19 - 10th National Conference on Computational Mechanics (Trondheim, Norway, 3-4 June 2019).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moraru, Adina; Usman, Kh Rahat; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut. (2019) River idealization for identification of critical locations in steep rivers using 2D hydrodynamic modelling and GIS. 22nd Northern Research Basins Symposia/Workshop – Partners in Learning (Yellowknife, Canada, 18-24 August 2019).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

  • Instanes, Arne; Rognved, Johanna L.; Sigtryggsdottir, Fjola Gudrun; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Gjennomgang av brudd på fangdam i Munkebotn. 2018.
    Report

2016

  • Brende, Hege; Dahlhaug, Ole Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Helland, Ingeborg Palm. (2016) Vannkraft er det nye blå gullet for Norge. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
    Feature article
  • Instanes, Arne; Kokorev, Vasily; Janowicz, Richard; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Prowse, Terry. (2016) Changes to freshwater systems affecting Arctic infrastructure and natural resources. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences. volum 121 (3).
    Academic literature review

2015

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Færevåg, Åshild; Steinsland, Ingelin; Liston, Glen E.; Sand, Knut. (2015) Weather SDM: estimating snow density with high precision using snow depth and local climate. Hydrology Research. volum 46 (4).
    Academic article

2011

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2011) Proceeding of the 18th Northern Research Basin Symposium and Workshop. 2011.
    Report

2006

  • Svendsen, Harald; Beszczynska-Moeller, Agnieszka; Hagen, Jon Ove; Lefauconnier, Bernard; Tverberg, Vigdis; Gerland, Sebastian; Ørbæk, Jon Børre; Bischof, Kai; Papucci, Carlo; Zajączkowski, Marek; Azzolini, Roberto; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Wiencke, Christian; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Dallmann, Winfried. (2006) The physical environment of Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard. Polar Research.
    Academic article

2004

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Liston, Glen E.; Vonk, Jorien E.; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2004) Modelling the snow distribution at two high arctic sites at Svalbard, Norway, and at an alpine site in central Norway. Hydrology Research. volum 35 (3).
    Academic article
  • Semadeni-Davies, Annette; Marechal, David; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Kodama, Yuji; Sand, Knut. (2004) Estimating latent heat over a melting arctic snow cover. Hydrology Research. volum 35 (3).
    Academic article

2003

  • Sand, Knut; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Marechal, David; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Melvold, Kjetil. (2003) Regional Variations of Snow Accumulation on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, 1997-99. Hydrology Research. volum 34 (1).
    Academic article
  • Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Gerland, Sebastian; Marechal, David; Ivanov, Boris V.; Glowacki, Piotr; König, Max. (2003) Snow research in Svalbard–an overview. Polar Research. volum 22 (2).
    Academic article

2002

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Hagen, Jon Ove. (2002) Glacial mass balance of Austre Brøggerbreen (Spitsbergen), 1971–1999, modelled with a precipitation-run-off model. Polar Research. volum 21 (1).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2002) An Energy Balance Based HBV-Model with Application to an Arctic Watershed on Svalbard, Spitsbergen. Hydrology Research. volum 33 (2).
    Academic article

2001

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Marechal, David; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Energy and water balance studies of a snow cover during snowmelt period at a High Arctic site. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. volum 70 (1).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Snow Distribution at a High Arctic Site at Svalbard. Hydrology Research. volum 32 (1).
    Academic article
  • Marchand, Wolf; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Improved Measurements and Analysis of Spatial Snow Cover by Combining a Ground Based Radar System With a Differential Global Positioning System Receiver. Hydrology Research. volum 32 (3).
    Academic article

2000

  • Liston, Glen E.; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Elvehøy, Hallgeir; Sand, Knut; Karlof, Lars. (2000) Snow and blue-ice distribution patterns on the coastal Antarctic Ice Sheet Article. Antarctic Science. volum 12 (1).
    Academic article

1999

  • Liston, Glen E.; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Elvehøy, Hallgeir; Sand, Knut. (1999) Below-surface ice melt on the coastal Antarctic ice sheet. Journal of Glaciology. volum 45 (150).
    Academic article
  • Liston, Glen E.; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Elvehøy, Hallgeir; Sand, Knut. (1999) Meltwater production in Antarctic blue-ice areas: sensitivity to changes in atmospheric forcing. Polar Research. volum 18 (2).
    Academic article

1998

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut. (1998) Application of Georadar for Snow Cover Surveying. Hydrology Research. volum 29 (1).
    Academic article
  • Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund; Marechal, David. (1998) Snow accumulation distribution on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in 1997. Polar Research. volum 17 (2).
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2023) Simulation of flash flood peaks in a small and steep catchment using rain-on-grid technique. Journal of Flood Risk Management.
    Academic article
  • Alene, Gebray Habtu; Vicari, Hervé; Irshad, Shafaq; Perkis, Andrew; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Thakur, Vikas Kumar Singh. (2022) Realistic visualization of debris flow type landslides through virtual reality. Landslides. Journal of the International Consortium on Landslides. volum 20.
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Adressavisen.
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Universitetsavisa.
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Løysinga som hindrar flaum og gir straum- og er sjølvfinansiert. Fjordingen.
    Popular scientific article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Straumprisen framleis eit mysterium. Adressavisen.
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Bakken, Tor Haakon. (2022) Disse tiltakene kan redusere flommer. Gemini.
    Popular scientific article
  • Moraru, Adina; Pavlícek, Michal; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Ruther, Nils. (2021) The Story of a Steep River: Causes and Effects of the Flash Flood on 24 July 2017 in Western Norway. Water. volum 13 (12).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) How extreme can unit discharge become in steep Norwegian catchments?. Hydrology Research. volum 51 (2).
    Academic article
  • Brende, Hege; Dahlhaug, Ole Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Helland, Ingeborg Palm. (2016) Vannkraft er det nye blå gullet for Norge. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
    Feature article
  • Instanes, Arne; Kokorev, Vasily; Janowicz, Richard; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Prowse, Terry. (2016) Changes to freshwater systems affecting Arctic infrastructure and natural resources. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences. volum 121 (3).
    Academic literature review
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Færevåg, Åshild; Steinsland, Ingelin; Liston, Glen E.; Sand, Knut. (2015) Weather SDM: estimating snow density with high precision using snow depth and local climate. Hydrology Research. volum 46 (4).
    Academic article
  • Svendsen, Harald; Beszczynska-Moeller, Agnieszka; Hagen, Jon Ove; Lefauconnier, Bernard; Tverberg, Vigdis; Gerland, Sebastian; Ørbæk, Jon Børre; Bischof, Kai; Papucci, Carlo; Zajączkowski, Marek; Azzolini, Roberto; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Wiencke, Christian; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Dallmann, Winfried. (2006) The physical environment of Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden, an Arctic fjord system in Svalbard. Polar Research.
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Liston, Glen E.; Vonk, Jorien E.; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2004) Modelling the snow distribution at two high arctic sites at Svalbard, Norway, and at an alpine site in central Norway. Hydrology Research. volum 35 (3).
    Academic article
  • Semadeni-Davies, Annette; Marechal, David; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Kodama, Yuji; Sand, Knut. (2004) Estimating latent heat over a melting arctic snow cover. Hydrology Research. volum 35 (3).
    Academic article
  • Sand, Knut; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Marechal, David; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Melvold, Kjetil. (2003) Regional Variations of Snow Accumulation on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, 1997-99. Hydrology Research. volum 34 (1).
    Academic article
  • Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Gerland, Sebastian; Marechal, David; Ivanov, Boris V.; Glowacki, Piotr; König, Max. (2003) Snow research in Svalbard–an overview. Polar Research. volum 22 (2).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Hagen, Jon Ove. (2002) Glacial mass balance of Austre Brøggerbreen (Spitsbergen), 1971–1999, modelled with a precipitation-run-off model. Polar Research. volum 21 (1).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2002) An Energy Balance Based HBV-Model with Application to an Arctic Watershed on Svalbard, Spitsbergen. Hydrology Research. volum 33 (2).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Marechal, David; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Energy and water balance studies of a snow cover during snowmelt period at a High Arctic site. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. volum 70 (1).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Snow Distribution at a High Arctic Site at Svalbard. Hydrology Research. volum 32 (1).
    Academic article
  • Marchand, Wolf; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Improved Measurements and Analysis of Spatial Snow Cover by Combining a Ground Based Radar System With a Differential Global Positioning System Receiver. Hydrology Research. volum 32 (3).
    Academic article
  • Liston, Glen E.; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Elvehøy, Hallgeir; Sand, Knut; Karlof, Lars. (2000) Snow and blue-ice distribution patterns on the coastal Antarctic Ice Sheet Article. Antarctic Science. volum 12 (1).
    Academic article
  • Liston, Glen E.; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Elvehøy, Hallgeir; Sand, Knut. (1999) Below-surface ice melt on the coastal Antarctic ice sheet. Journal of Glaciology. volum 45 (150).
    Academic article
  • Liston, Glen E.; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Elvehøy, Hallgeir; Sand, Knut. (1999) Meltwater production in Antarctic blue-ice areas: sensitivity to changes in atmospheric forcing. Polar Research. volum 18 (2).
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut. (1998) Application of Georadar for Snow Cover Surveying. Hydrology Research. volum 29 (1).
    Academic article
  • Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund; Marechal, David. (1998) Snow accumulation distribution on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in 1997. Polar Research. volum 17 (2).
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Alfredsen, Knut; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Hydropower in Cold Regions. Comprehensive Renewable Energy, Second Edition.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Snow processes, modeling, and impact. Precipitation Earth Surface Responses and Processes.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moraru, Adina; Perkis, Andrew; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Ruther, Nils. (2020) Optimization and visualization of numerical models of flash floods in steep Norwegian rivers. Proceedings of the 1st IAHR Young Professionals congress (online, 17-18 November 2020).
    Other
  • Moraru, Adina; Ruther, Nils; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) Current trends in the optimization of hydraulic flood simulations in ungauged steep rivers. River Flow 2020 Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Delft, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2020).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moraru, Adina; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Perkis, Andrew; Ruther, Nils. (2019) Visualizing hydrodynamic fluid simulations within an immersive experience as a scientific dissemination strategy. MekIT’19 - 10th National Conference on Computational Mechanics (Trondheim, Norway, 3-4 June 2019).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Moraru, Adina; Usman, Kh Rahat; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut. (2019) River idealization for identification of critical locations in steep rivers using 2D hydrodynamic modelling and GIS. 22nd Northern Research Basins Symposia/Workshop – Partners in Learning (Yellowknife, Canada, 18-24 August 2019).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Kauko, Hanne; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Bakken, Tor Haakon. (2019) Grønn energi til Stryn Sommerski - Utredningsstudie om alternative energiløsninger. 2019. ISBN 978-82-14-06390-5. SINTEF Rapport (2019:00722).
    Report
  • Instanes, Arne; Rognved, Johanna L.; Sigtryggsdottir, Fjola Gudrun; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Gjennomgang av brudd på fangdam i Munkebotn. 2018.
    Report
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2011) Proceeding of the 18th Northern Research Basin Symposium and Workshop. 2011.
    Report

Teaching

Courses

  • VM8208 - Topics in Environmental Hydraulics and Hydrology
  • TVM5140 - Economic Assessment of Hydropower Projects
  • TVM5132 - Prefeasibility Study in Hydropower Development
  • TVM5135 - Planning of Hydropower
  • TBM4970 - Master's Thesis in Hydropower Development
  • TVM4106 - Hydrological Modelling

Media

2022

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Flaumfare, flaumen i Utvik og Flaumsikring Stryn. Møte i Lions Klubb . Lions Klubb Stryn; Stryn. 2022-10-12 - 2022-10-12.
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Flaumtunnell og flaumsikring i Strynevassdraget. Kommunestyremøte . Stryn Kommune; Stryn. 2022-11-23 - 2022-11-23.
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) How extreme is extreme?. Friday talk at Faculty of Engineering . NTNU; Digitalt. 2022-10-21 - 2022-10-21.
  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Hur kan vi öka korttidsprognosernas precision?. Huva dagen . Energiforsk; Stockholm. 2022-11-30 - 2022-11-30.
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) HydroCen - ideer til Klimaprosjekt - NTNU. Seminar . NTNU; Trondheim. 2022-04-06 - 2022-04-06.
  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Løsninger på økt flomrisiko ved klimaendringer – Vurdering av muligheter i Stryn. webinar . NTNU; Digitalt. 2022-11-02 - 2022-11-02.
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Trygg Elv. Informasjonsmøte . Melhus kommune; Melhus. 2022-03-02 - 2022-03-02.
  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) World of Wild Water. Geofaredagen 2022 . NTNU; Trondheim. 2022-10-18 - 2022-10-19.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Bakken, Tor Haakon. (2022) Magasiner, Flomtunneller og Flomdemping. NRK [TV]. 2022-11-23.

2021

  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) – De likvide pengene har du i vann, aksjekapitalen ligger i snø. Europower Energi [Internett]. 2021-04-14.
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) A next generation tool for handling natural hazards. Digital Transformation for a better society - Stakeholder Workshop . NTNU; Digitalt. 2021-06-08 - 2021-06-08.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Gjerdrum-skredet: Elv i rasområdet har aldri vært sikret. NRK [Internett]. 2021-02-20.
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Kan ny teknologi gi oss bedre varsling og innsikt ved en naturkatastrofe?. DDVs digitale digitaliseringskonferanse . DDV; Digitalt. 2021-03-16 - 2021-03-17.
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Kunnskapshjørnet/nytt fra forskningen- hvordan kan ny teknologi og digitalisering bidra i fremtidens forvaltningsarbeid med helhetlig og miljøvennlig vassdragsforvaltning? Nye prosjekter, inspirasjon og perspektiver fra NTNU. Regionsamling RS- tema: Helhetlig og miljøvennlig forvaltning av våre vassdrag . NVE; Digitalt. 2021-05-11 - 2021-05-11.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) kraftlandet - frykten-for-vannet. Kraftlandet [Internett]. 2021-06-05.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Juarez, Ana. (2021) «Trygg elv» i Stryn: Utviklar protomodell for varsling. Fjordingen [Avis]. 2021-07-02.
  • Poster
    Irshad, Shafaq; Alene, Gebray Habtu; Thakur, Vikas Kumar Singh; Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Perkis, Andrew. (2021) A Virtual Reality Tool for Hazard and Risk Mitigation of Landslides through Serious Gamification. INTERPRAEVENT 2021 . Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE); Bergen. 2021-05-31 - 2021-06-02.

2020

  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) Er vi betre førebudde på flaum? I Utvik: Tja, i Innvik: Nei. Fjordingen [Avis]. 2020-10-06.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Nordal, Steinar. (2020) Professor: Kan bo trygt på kvikkleire. Verdens Gang [Internett]. 2020-12-31.

2018

  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Flomsikring: Vi må gjøre mer for å sikre oss mot livsfarlig ekstremvær Norge henger på etterskudd i flomsikringen. Dagbladet [Avis]. 2018-05-23.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Kritisk til vegevesenet sine bru-planar Utvik kan miste ærverdig trehus frå 1848. Fjordingen [Avis]. 2018-05-11.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Seks timer med styrtregn forvandlet bygda Utvik i fjor. Vi fikk et varsel om hva vi kan vente oss i framtida. FORVARSELET. Dagbladet [Avis]. 2018-05-19.
  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut; Adeva Bustos, Ana; Casas-Mulet, Roser. (2018) USING HYDROPOWER MODELLING TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. International Conference on Adapting River Management in an era of change 2018 . UPM Madrid and IAHR; Madrid. 2018-11-15 - 2018-11-15.

2017

  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) – Må prioritere. Dagsavisen [Avis]. 2017-07-28.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) - Nådde ikkje fram med åtvaringane -fjordingen.no - Nyhende frå Stryn. Fjordingen [Avis]. 2017-07-24.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) – Skal kommunene ivareta ansvaret er det svært viktig med god støtte fra NVE. Dagsavisen [Avis]. 2017-07-26.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) - Små og mellomstore vassdrag vil skape enorme katastrofar. VG meninger [Avis]. 2017-07-27.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Dagrevyen 19; Spådde flommen for ett år siden. NRK 1 Nyheter kl 19 [TV]. 2017-07-25.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Dagsnytt atten - TV. Flomvarsling debatt med NVE. NRK 2 Dagsnytt 18 [TV]. 2017-07-26.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Distrikstnyhetene Vestlandsrevyen Dagen Derpå for flomramma Utvik Innslag 18:55 og 20:55. NRK [TV]. 2017-07-25.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Distriktsnyheter Vestlandsrevyen, Innslag med Søviknes minister. NRK Vestlandsrevyen [TV]. 2017-07-26.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Ekspert varsla NVE om flaumfare i Utvik i fjor. Møre [Avis]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Ekspert varslet NVE om flomfare i Utvik i fjor. Sunnmørsposten [Avis]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Energiminister lovar at storsamfunnet vil stille opp (Oddbjørn Bruland). God ettermiddag Sogn og Fjordane Distriktsprogram - Sogn og [Radio]. 2017-07-26.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Flom av endring Klimaflom skyller sektortenkning og ringpermer på sjøen. Det er på tide å tenke nytt om beredskap i elva. Natinen [Avis]. 2017-07-29.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Flommen i Utvik ga vegskader for minst 50 millioner. Våre veger [Fagblad]. 2017-08-03.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Flommen i Utvik: Vann-ekspert varslet om flomfare. webavisen [Internett]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Flommen i Utvik: Vann-ekspert varslet om flomfare - Vær og uvær - VG. VG [Avis]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) NTNU-professor varslet NVE om flomfaren i fjor. P4 [Radio]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) NTNU-professor varslet om flom. Bergens Tidende [Avis]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) NVEs elvesikring etter flom i Nordfjord (Oddbjørn Bruland). NRK; Her og nå hovedsending [Radio]. 2017-07-25.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Nrk Nyheter; Professor varslet NVE om flomfare. NRK Nyheter [TV]. 2017-07-25.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Når ingen tek ansvar for våre vassdrag. NRK Ytring [Internett]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Oddbjørn Bruland om Utvik. God ettermiddag Sogn og Fjordane Distriktsprogram - Sogn og [Radio]. 2017-07-28.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Professor åtvara om flaumkatastorfen i Utvik (Oddbjørn Bruland). NRK Sogn og Fjordane God ettermiddag Sogn og Fjordane [Radio]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Professor: I hele fjor advarte jeg om flomfare. Aftenposten [Avis]. 2017-07-25.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Stort etterslep på flaumforebygging. NRK Vestlandsrevyen [TV]. 2017-07-26.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Utvik-flommen var en varslet katastrofe. Nettavisen [Internett]. 2017-07-25.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Utvik-flommen var en varslet katastrofe. Harstad tidende [Avis]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Utvik-flommen var en varslet katastrofe. RB nett [Avis]. 2017-07-25.
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Varsla øydeleggingane: – Kunne gått mykje verre. Firda [Avis]. 2017-07-24.
  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2017) Varslet om flomfare ett år tidligere. Kommunal rapport [Fagblad]. 2017-07-26.

2013

  • Lecture
    Kolberg, Sjur; Engeland, Kolbjørn; Tøfte, Lena S; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2013) Parameter identifiability and regional calibration for reservoir inflow prediction. EGU General Assembly 2013 . European Geophysical Union; Wien. 2013-04-12 - 2013-04-17.

2012

  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2012) Updating of states in operational hydrological models. EGU General Assembly . EGU; Wien. 2012-04-22 - 2012-04-27.

2011

  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Kolberg, Sjur; Engeland, Kolbjørn; Tøfte, Lena S; Liston, Glen. (2011) Development and testing of model updating techniques for the Hydropower industry in Norway. 18th International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop 01/2011 . NRB; Bergen. 2011-08-15 - 2011-08-20.

2009

  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Tøfte, Lena S; Engeland, Kolbjørn; Kolberg, Sjur. (2009) ENKI – Operational hydrological forecasting system. 17th International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop . NRB; Iqaluit-Pangnirtung-Kuujjuaq. 2009-08-12 - 2009-08-18.

2001

  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Cooper, Elisabeth J.. (2001) Snow distribution and Vegetation. Arctic Feedbacks to Global Change . The Arctic Centre; Rovaniemi. 2001-10-27.
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