The Science of Life formatIsbn:Softcover 9781468417128 strictly interconnected tasks: Identification of 9781461266990 strictly interconnected tasks: Identification of drought characteristics at a site and over a region Modelling irrigation management under conditions of water scarcity Modelling operation of water supply systems under drought conditions Integration of the developed methodologies within a Decision Support System software package Definition of requisites for Drought Watch Systems The research resulted in an advancement of knowledge through in depth analysis of innovative methodologies The book The Dynamic State of Muscle Fibres (Pette 1990a) summarizes the contributions to the symposium of the same name other papers resulting from symposia The Science of Life: Contributions of Biology to Human Welfare is the first of what we anticipate will be a series of monographs resulting from activities of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology