Norman J. Rosenberg is a professor of Agricultural Meteorology at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He specializes in micro-meteorology and microclimate modification to improve water use efficiency and is currently developing strategies to combat the effects of ~ought on agriculture in the Western United States. He works with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Oceania and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council as a consultant on drought mitigation projects for developing countries. He has published some 80 papers on windbreaks, evapotranspiration, and photosynthesis, and is the author of Microclimate: The Biological Environment (Wiley-Interscience, 1974).

• Foreword -- Introduction -- History of American Droughts -- Drought: Characteristics and Assessment -- Drought Impacts on American Agricultural Productivity1,3 -- Drought: An Economic Perspective -- Social and Political Impacts of Drought -- Strategies in the Event of Drought -- Technological Options for Crop Production in Drought -- State and Federal Responses to the 1977 Drought -- Forecasting Future Droughts: Is It Possible?

Norman J. Rosenberg is a professor of Agricultural Meteorology at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He specializes in micro-meteorology and microclimate modification to improve water use efficiency and is currently developing strategies to combat the effects of ~ought on agriculture in the Western United States. He works with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Oceania and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council as a consultant on drought mitigation projects for developing countries. He has published some 80 papers on windbreaks, evapotranspiration, and photosynthesis, and is the author of Microclimate: The Biological Environment (Wiley-Interscience, 1974).

• Foreword -- Introduction -- History of American Droughts -- Drought: Characteristics and Assessment -- Drought Impacts on American Agricultural Productivity1,3 -- Drought: An Economic Perspective -- Social and Political Impacts of Drought -- Strategies in the Event of Drought -- Technological Options for Crop Production in Drought -- State and Federal Responses to the 1977 Drought -- Forecasting Future Droughts: Is It Possible?

Norman J. Rosenberg is a professor of Agricultural Meteorology at the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He specializes in micro-meteorology and microclimate modification to improve water use efficiency and is currently developing strategies to combat the effects of ~ought on agriculture in the Western United States. He works with the U.S. Agency for International Development, the National Oceania and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council as a consultant on drought mitigation projects for developing countries. He has published some 80 papers on windbreaks, evapotranspiration, and photosynthesis, and is the author of Microclimate: The Biological Environment (Wiley-Interscience, 1974).

• Foreword -- Introduction -- History of American Droughts -- Drought: Characteristics and Assessment -- Drought Impacts on American Agricultural Productivity1,3 -- Drought: An Economic Perspective -- Social and Political Impacts of Drought -- Strategies in the Event of Drought -- Technological Options for Crop Production in Drought -- State and Federal Responses to the 1977 Drought -- Forecasting Future Droughts: Is It Possible?