Staff profiles
Brenda RosserEngineering Geomorphologist

Qualifications
- BSc, Earth Science
- MSc, Quaternary Science
Areas of expertise
- Geomorphology: Aerial photograph interpretation
- Geomorphology: Catchment-based erosion research
- Geomorphology: Environmental impact assessment
- Geomorphology: Flood and landslide hazard assessment
- Geomorphology: Geological and geomorphological mapping
- Geomorphology: Sediment budgets for hazard assessment
- Geomorphology: Sediment transport
- Geomorphology: Soil erosion and conservation
- Geomorphology: Sustainable land management
- Geomorphology: Watershed research and management
- Technical: Field Work
- Technical: GIS
- Technical: Surveying
Publications
Selection of major publications
- Development of a rainfall-induced landslide forecast tool for New Zealand, Understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk. [WLF 2020]. Volume 3, Monitoring and early warning : p. 273-277. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-60311-3_32. p. 273-277
- New Zealand's national Landslide Database, Landslides 14(6): p. 1949-1959. DOI: 10.1007/s10346-017-0843-6. p. 1949-1959
- Recovery of pasture production and soil properties on soil slip scars in erodible siltstone hill country, Wairarapa, New Zealand, New Zealand journal of agricultural research 54(1): p. 23-44. p. 23-44
- Downstream fining in a rapidly aggrading gravel bed river, Water Resources Research 37(6): p. 1813-1823. p. 1813-1823