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Oddbjørn Bruland

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Oddbjørn Bruland

Professor, Study program leader for MSc. in HydroPower Development
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

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Oddbjørn Bruland is a professor in Water Resources Engineering at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Study program leader for MSc. in HydroPower Development. 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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2024

  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2024) Corrigendum: Comparison of two hydrodynamic models for their rain-on-grid technique to simulate flash floods in steep catchment(Front. Water., (2024), 6, (1384205), 10.3389/frwa.2024.1384205). Frontiers in water
    Errata
  • Moraru, Adina; Ahmed, Raffa; Tekle, Mulubirhan Gebretsadik; Alfredsen, Knut; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2024) Integrated GIS Analysis for Flood Risk Assessment in Norwegian Rivers: A Case Study of Sokna River. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
    Abstract
  • Lyche, Kristin Bugge; Hancock, Holt John; Wickström, Siiri; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2024) High Arctic snowpack modeling forced by numerical weather predictions and manually observed snow profiles. International Snow Science Workshops (ISSW) Proceedings
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Alene, Gebray H.; Irshad, Shafaq; Moraru, Adina; Depina, Ivan; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Perkis, Andrew. (2024) Virtual reality visualization of geophysical flows: A framework. Environmental Modelling & Software
    Academic article
  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2024) Comparison of two hydrodynamic models for their rain-on-grid technique to simulate flash floods in steep catchment. Frontiers in water
    Academic article
  • Vandeskog, Silius Mortensønn; Huser, Raphaël; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Martino, Sara. (2024) Fast spatial simulation of extreme high-resolution radar precipitation data using integrated nested Laplace approximations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics)
    Academic article

2023

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Nokon må få makt til skjere gjennom. Bergens Tidende
    Feature article
  • Sellevold, Joakim Carlsønn; Norem, Harald; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Rüther, Nils; Pummer, Elena Marianne. (2023) Effects of Bottom-Up Blockage on Entrance Loss Coefficients and Head-Discharge Relationships for Pipe Culvert Inlets: Comparisons of Theoretical Methods and Experimental Results. Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering
    Academic article
  • Sellevold, Joakim Carlsønn; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Pummer, Elena Marianne. (2023) Hydraulic efficiency and optimization of pipe culvert inlet edges. VANN
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Her har NTNU vært verdensledende: - Kina hevder de kan være interesserte i å ta over. Universitetsavisa
    Interview Journal
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Omtaler situasjonen som ekstrem: – Ikke alle steder vi bør bygge opp igjen. TV2.no
    Interview Journal
  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2023) Modelling Flash Floods Driven by Rain-on-Snow Events Using Rain-on-Grid Technique in the Hydrodynamic Model TELEMAC-2D. Water
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Nokon må få makt til skjere gjennom. Bergens Tidende, Debattsider
    Feature article
  • 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
  • Moraru, Adina; Rüther, Nils; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Investigating optimal 2D hydrodynamic modeling of a recent flash flood in a steep Norwegian river using high-performance computing. Journal of Hydroinformatics
    Academic article
  • Alene, Gebray Habtu; Depina, Ivan; Thakur, Vikas Kumar Singh; Perkis, Andrew Niels; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) QuickAware: a virtual reality tool for quick clay landslide hazard awareness. Natural Hazards
    Academic article

2022

  • 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
  • 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
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Løysinga som hindrar flaum og gir straum- og er sjølvfinansiert. Fjordingen
    Popular scientific article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Universitetsavisa
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Adressavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • Alfredsen, Knut; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Hydropower in Cold Regions. Elsevier
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2021

  • 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
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Snow processes, modeling, and impact. Elsevier
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2020

  • Pavlícek, Michal; Lia, Leif; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) STABILITY OF RIVERBANK RIPRAP IN SUPERCRITICAL FLOW CONDITIONS – EFFECT OF STONE PLACEMENT . NVE Ekstern rapport
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) How extreme can unit discharge become in steep Norwegian catchments?. Hydrology Research
    Academic article
  • Moraru, Adina ; Perkis, Andrew; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Ruther, Nils. (2020) Optimization and visualization of numerical models of flash floods in steep Norwegian rivers. The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
    Other
  • Moraru, Adina ; Ruther, Nils; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) Current trends in the optimization of hydraulic flood simulations in ungauged steep rivers . CRC Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2019

  • Moraru, Adina ; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Perkis, Andrew; Ruther, Nils. (2019) Visualizing hydrodynamic fluid simulations within an immersive experience as a scientific dissemination strategy. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)
    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.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kauko, Hanne; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Bakken, Tor Haakon. (2019) Grønn energi til Stryn Sommerski - Utredningsstudie om alternative energiløsninger. SINTEF Rapport (2019:00722)
    Report

2018

  • Instanes, Arne; Rognved, Johanna L.; Sigtryggsdottir, Fjola Gudrun; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Gjennomgang av brudd på fangdam i Munkebotn. Instanes
    Report
  • Velstad, Viveke; Ramstad, Randi Kalskin; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Evaluering av ENKIs muligheter innen skredvarsling. NTNU
    Masters thesis

2016

  • 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
    Academic literature review
  • 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

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
    Academic article

2011

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

2006

  • Svendsen, Harald; Beszczynska-Moeller, Agnieszka; Hagen, Jon Ove; Lefauconnier, Bernard; Tverberg, Vigdis; Gerland, Sebastian. (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
    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
    Academic article

2003

  • Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Gerland, Sebastian; Marechal, David; Ivanov, Boris V.. (2003) Snow research in Svalbard–an overview. Polar Research
    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
    Academic article

2002

  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2002) An Energy Balance Based HBV-Model with Application to an Arctic Watershed on Svalbard, Spitsbergen. Hydrology Research
    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
    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
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Snow Distribution at a High Arctic Site at Svalbard. Hydrology Research
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Academic article

1998

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

Journal publications

  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2024) Corrigendum: Comparison of two hydrodynamic models for their rain-on-grid technique to simulate flash floods in steep catchment(Front. Water., (2024), 6, (1384205), 10.3389/frwa.2024.1384205). Frontiers in water
    Errata
  • Moraru, Adina; Ahmed, Raffa; Tekle, Mulubirhan Gebretsadik; Alfredsen, Knut; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2024) Integrated GIS Analysis for Flood Risk Assessment in Norwegian Rivers: A Case Study of Sokna River. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
    Abstract
  • Lyche, Kristin Bugge; Hancock, Holt John; Wickström, Siiri; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2024) High Arctic snowpack modeling forced by numerical weather predictions and manually observed snow profiles. International Snow Science Workshops (ISSW) Proceedings
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Alene, Gebray H.; Irshad, Shafaq; Moraru, Adina; Depina, Ivan; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Perkis, Andrew. (2024) Virtual reality visualization of geophysical flows: A framework. Environmental Modelling & Software
    Academic article
  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2024) Comparison of two hydrodynamic models for their rain-on-grid technique to simulate flash floods in steep catchment. Frontiers in water
    Academic article
  • Vandeskog, Silius Mortensønn; Huser, Raphaël; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Martino, Sara. (2024) Fast spatial simulation of extreme high-resolution radar precipitation data using integrated nested Laplace approximations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics)
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Nokon må få makt til skjere gjennom. Bergens Tidende
    Feature article
  • Sellevold, Joakim Carlsønn; Norem, Harald; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Rüther, Nils; Pummer, Elena Marianne. (2023) Effects of Bottom-Up Blockage on Entrance Loss Coefficients and Head-Discharge Relationships for Pipe Culvert Inlets: Comparisons of Theoretical Methods and Experimental Results. Journal of irrigation and drainage engineering
    Academic article
  • Sellevold, Joakim Carlsønn; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Pummer, Elena Marianne. (2023) Hydraulic efficiency and optimization of pipe culvert inlet edges. VANN
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Her har NTNU vært verdensledende: - Kina hevder de kan være interesserte i å ta over. Universitetsavisa
    Interview Journal
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Omtaler situasjonen som ekstrem: – Ikke alle steder vi bør bygge opp igjen. TV2.no
    Interview Journal
  • Godara, Nitesh; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Alfredsen, Knut Tore. (2023) Modelling Flash Floods Driven by Rain-on-Snow Events Using Rain-on-Grid Technique in the Hydrodynamic Model TELEMAC-2D. Water
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Nokon må få makt til skjere gjennom. Bergens Tidende, Debattsider
    Feature article
  • 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
  • Moraru, Adina; Rüther, Nils; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Investigating optimal 2D hydrodynamic modeling of a recent flash flood in a steep Norwegian river using high-performance computing. Journal of Hydroinformatics
    Academic article
  • Alene, Gebray Habtu; Depina, Ivan; Thakur, Vikas Kumar Singh; Perkis, Andrew Niels; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) QuickAware: a virtual reality tool for quick clay landslide hazard awareness. Natural Hazards
    Academic 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
  • 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
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Løysinga som hindrar flaum og gir straum- og er sjølvfinansiert. Fjordingen
    Popular scientific article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Universitetsavisa
    Reader opinion piece
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Du veit ikkje kva du snakkar om, Borten Moe. Adressavisen
    Reader opinion piece
  • 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
    Academic article
  • Pavlícek, Michal; Lia, Leif; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) STABILITY OF RIVERBANK RIPRAP IN SUPERCRITICAL FLOW CONDITIONS – EFFECT OF STONE PLACEMENT . NVE Ekstern rapport
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) How extreme can unit discharge become in steep Norwegian catchments?. Hydrology Research
    Academic 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
    Academic literature review
  • 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
  • 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
    Academic article
  • Svendsen, Harald; Beszczynska-Moeller, Agnieszka; Hagen, Jon Ove; Lefauconnier, Bernard; Tverberg, Vigdis; Gerland, Sebastian. (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
    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
    Academic article
  • Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Gerland, Sebastian; Marechal, David; Ivanov, Boris V.. (2003) Snow research in Svalbard–an overview. Polar Research
    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
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2002) An Energy Balance Based HBV-Model with Application to an Arctic Watershed on Svalbard, Spitsbergen. Hydrology Research
    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
    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
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund. (2001) Snow Distribution at a High Arctic Site at Svalbard. Hydrology Research
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Academic article
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut. (1998) Application of Georadar for Snow Cover Surveying. Hydrology Research
    Academic article
  • Winther, Jan-Gunnar; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Sand, Knut; Killingtveit, Ånund; Marechal, David. (1998) Snow accumulation distribution on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in 1997. Polar Research
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Alfredsen, Knut; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2022) Hydropower in Cold Regions. Elsevier
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Snow processes, modeling, and impact. Elsevier
    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. The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
    Other
  • Moraru, Adina ; Ruther, Nils; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2020) Current trends in the optimization of hydraulic flood simulations in ungauged steep rivers . CRC Press
    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. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)
    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.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Kauko, Hanne; Bruland, Oddbjørn; Bakken, Tor Haakon. (2019) Grønn energi til Stryn Sommerski - Utredningsstudie om alternative energiløsninger. SINTEF Rapport (2019:00722)
    Report
  • Instanes, Arne; Rognved, Johanna L.; Sigtryggsdottir, Fjola Gudrun; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Gjennomgang av brudd på fangdam i Munkebotn. Instanes
    Report
  • Velstad, Viveke; Ramstad, Randi Kalskin; Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2018) Evaluering av ENKIs muligheter innen skredvarsling. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2011) Proceeding of the 18th Northern Research Basin Symposium and Workshop. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Report

Teaching

Courses

  • VM8208 - Topics in Environmental Hydraulics and Hydrology
  • TVM5132 - Prefeasibility Study in Hydropower Development
  • TVM5135 - Vannkraftplanlegging
  • TBM4970 - Hydropower Development, masteroppgave
  • TVM4106 - Hydrologisk modellering

Outreach

2023

  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Her har NTNU vært verdensledende: - Kina hevder de kan være interesserte i å ta over. Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Internet] 2023-06-13
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Frengstad, Bjørn Syvert. (2023) Innspel Flaum og Skredmeldinga. NVE Innspillsmøte til stortingsmelding om flom og skred , Hamar 2023-10-27 - 2023-10-27
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Spillteknologi og datasimulering for å motvirke fremtidige flomkatastrofer. NTNU NTNU RSA Topplederforum , Trondheim 2023-10-26 - 2023-11-26
  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Safe rivers. SMHI Northern research Basin workshop , Umeå - Ammarnäs 2023-08-20 - 2023-08-25
  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Safe rivers – is it possible – or not?. Norwegian Hydrological Council 7th Conference on Modelling Hydrology, Climate and Land Surface Processes , Lillehammer 2023-11-19 - 2023-11-21
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Fordelt Hydrologisk Modellering. HUVA HUVA styringsgruppe møte , Stockholm 2023-09-08 - 2023-09-08
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2023) Professor om Hans: - Ikke alt vi bør bygge opp igjen. Tidens Krav Tidens Krav [Newspaper] 2023-08-15

2022

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

2021

  • Programme participation
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) kraftlandet - frykten-for-vannet. Kraftlandet Kraftlandet [Internet] 2021-06-05
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) – De likvide pengene har du i vann, aksjekapitalen ligger i snø. Europower Energi Europower Energi [Internet] 2021-04-14
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) A next generation tool for handling natural hazards. NTNU Digital Transformation for a better society - Stakeholder Workshop , Digitalt 2021-06-08 - 2021-06-08
  • 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. NVE Regionsamling RS- tema: Helhetlig og miljøvennlig forvaltning av våre vassdrag , Digitalt 2021-05-11 - 2021-05-11
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn; Juarez, Ana. (2021) «Trygg elv» i Stryn: Utviklar protomodell for varsling. Fjordingen Fjordingen [Newspaper] 2021-07-02
  • Lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Kan ny teknologi gi oss bedre varsling og innsikt ved en naturkatastrofe?. DDV DDVs digitale digitaliseringskonferanse , Digitalt 2021-03-16 - 2021-03-17
  • 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. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) INTERPRAEVENT 2021 , Bergen 2021-05-31 - 2021-06-02
  • Interview
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2021) Gjerdrum-skredet: Elv i rasområdet har aldri vært sikret. NRK NRK [Internet] 2021-02-20

2020

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

2018

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

2017

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

2013

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

2012

  • Academic lecture
    Bruland, Oddbjørn. (2012) Updating of states in operational hydrological models. EGU EGU General Assembly , 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. NRB 18th International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop 01/2011 , 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. NRB 17th International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop , Iqaluit-Pangnirtung-Kuujjuaq 2009-08-12 - 2009-08-18

2001

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

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