Note: Intro -- Supervisor's Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Chemical Synthesis of Proposed RM2 and Derivatives -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Glycosphingolipids -- 1.1.2 Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens -- 1.1.3 RM2 Antigen ( beta 1,4-GalNAc-Disialyl-Lc4) as a New Marker for Prostate Cancer -- 1.2 Chemical Synthesis of Hexasaccharide RM2 and Its Derivatives -- 1.2.1 Design of Sugar Building Blocks -- 1.2.2 Syntheses of Sialyated Trisaccharide Building Block 1-D -- 1.2.3 Synthesis of Galactose Building Block 1-5 -- 1.2.4 Synthesis of Sialylated Trisaccharide Building Block 1-2 -- 1.2.5 Synthesis of GlcNAc Building Block 1-12 -- 1.2.6 Synthesis of Trisaccharide 1-2 -- 1.2.7 Synthesis of Disaccharide 1-17 -- 1.2.8 Examine Synthesis of Hexasaccharide -- 1.2.9 Hexasaccharide RM2 Antigen: Investigate Sial alpha 2 2192 3Gal Disaccharide with High alpha -Stereoselectivity and Yield -- 1.2.10 Syntheses of Truncated RM2 Derivatives 1-44, 1-46, 1-48, and 1-50 -- 1.3 Summary -- 1.3.1 Experimental Section -- References -- 2 RM2 Antigen: Structural Characterization and Determination of KD,Surf for Multivalent Carbohydrate--Protein Interaction -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 A Novel Ganglioside (RM2) Isolated from Renal Cell Carcinoma -- 2.2 Characterize the Structure of RM2 Antigen by Monoclonal RM2 Antibody and Further Determine the KD,Surf by Carbohydrate--Protein Interaction -- 2.2.1 Structural Characterization of RM2 Antigen -- 2.2.2 Determination of KD,Surf for Multivalent Carbohydrate--Protein Interaction on the Surface -- 2.3 Summary -- 2.4 Experimental Section -- References -- 3 RM2 Antigen: Synthesis of Glycoconjugates -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Carbohydrate-Based Vaccines -- 3.1.2 Applications of Glycolipids as Immunological Adjuvants -- 3.2 Generation and Characterization of RM2 Glycoconjugate. , 3.2.1 Synthesis of DT-RM4.7 as a Vaccine Candidate with Glycolipid C34 as a Potent Adjuvant -- 3.2.2 Search for the Best Epitope Ratio of DT-RM Vaccine Adjuvanted with C34 -- 3.2.3 Synthesis of RM2 Conjugated with Different Carrier Proteins -- 3.3 Summary -- 3.4 Experimental Section -- References -- 4 Synthesis of Heptasaccharide RM2 Prostate Tumor Antigen: Chemical Synthesis of Heptasaccharide and Tetrasaccharide (Inner Core of the RM2 Antigen) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Heptasaccharide Form and Hexasaccharide Form of RM2 Antigen -- 4.2 Chemical Synthesis of Proposed Heptasaccharide -- 4.2.1 Chemical Synthesis of Heptasaccharide 3-5 and Tetrasaccharide 3-6 -- 4.2.2 Synthesis of Galactose Building Block 4-4 -- 4.2.3 Synthesis of Disaccharide Building Block 4-9 -- 4.2.4 Synthesis of Sialylated Tetrasaccharide Building Block 4-2 -- 4.2.5 Synthesis of Compound 4-2 -- 4.3 Summary -- 4.4 Experimental Section -- References.

Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Remote Sensing for Monitoring and Predicting Water-Related Hazards -- 1.1. BACKGROUND -- 1.2. ADVANCES IN REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES -- 1.3. OBJECTIVES AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- REFERENCES -- Part I Remote Sensing of Precipitation and Storms -- Chapter 2 Progress in Satellite Precipitation Products over the Past Two Decades: Evaluation and Application in Flash Flood Warning -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. STUDY AREA AND DATASETS -- 2.3. METHODOLOGY -- 2.4. RESULIS -- 2.5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: ABBREVIATIONs -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 Observations of Tornadoes and Their Parent Supercells Using Ground-Based, Mobile Doppler Radars -- 3.1. INTRODUCTION: THE MOTIVATION FOR GROUND-BASED, MOBILE DOPPLER RADARS -- 3.2. A HISTORY OF GROUND-BASED, MOBILE DOPPLER RADARS AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES -- 3.3. OBSERVATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE OF TORNADOES AND THEIR PARENT STORMS -- 3.4. OBSERVATIONS OF TORNADOGENESIS AND TORNADO EVOLUTION -- 3.5. FUTURE RADAR DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER RADAR-RELATED ACTIVITIES -- 3.6. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Part II Remote Sensing of Floods and Associated Hazards -- Chapter 4 Remote Sensing Mapping and Modeling for Flood Hazards in Data-Scarce Areas: A Case Study in Nyaungdon Area, Myanmar -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. METHODOLOGY -- 4.3. STUDY AREA AND DATA -- 4.4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 Multisensor Remote Sensing and the Multidimensional Modeling of Extreme Flood Events: A Case Study of Hurricane Harvey-Triggered Floods in Houston, Texas, USA -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. THE DETECTABILITY OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY OVER THE EXTREME EVENT. , 5.3. INTEGRATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND CREST FOR HURRICANE HARVEY FLOOD SIMULATION -- 5.4. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 A Multisource, Data-Driven, Web-GIS-Based Hydrological Modeling Framework for Flood Forecasting and Prevention -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 6.3. EVALUATIONS AND RESULTS -- 6.4. DISCUSSION -- 6.5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 An Ensemble-Based, Remote-Sensing-Driven, Flood-Landslide Early Warning System -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. METHODOLOGY -- 7.3. STUDY AREA -- 7.4. RESULTS -- 7.5. CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 Detection of Hazard-Damaged Bridges Using Multitemporal High-Resolution SAR Imagery -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. BACKSCATTERING MODEL OF BRIDGES OVER WATER -- 8.3. THE STUDY AREA AND IMAGE DATA -- 8.4. METHODOLOGY FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF BRIDGES -- 8.5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- 8.6. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Part III Remote Sensing of Droughts and Associated Hazards -- Chapter 9 Drought Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing -- 9.1. INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. PROGRESS IN RS-BASED DROUGHT MONITORING -- 9.3. CASE STUDY -- 9.4. CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Remote Sensing of Vegetation Responses to Drought Disturbances Using Spaceborne Optical and Near-Infrared Sensors -- 10.1. INTRODUCTION -- 10.2. DROUGHTS AND THEIR ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS -- 10.3. REMOTE SENSING OF VEGETATION RESPONSES TO DROUGHTS -- 10.4. CASE STUDY IN YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA -- 10.5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Recent Advances in Physical Water Scarcity Assessment Using GRACE Satellite Data -- 11.1. INTRODUCTION -- 11.2. MATERIAL AND METHODS -- 11.3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 11.4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES. , Chapter 12 Study of Water Cycle Variation in the Yellow River Basin Based on Satellite Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling -- 12.1. INTRODUCTION -- 12.2. STUDY AREA -- 12.3. METHODS -- 12.4. RESULTS -- 12.5. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTs -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change-Induced Droughts on Soil Salinity Development in Agricultural Areas Using Ground and Satellite Sensors -- 13.1. INTRODUCTION -- 13.2. GROUND AND SATELLITE SENSOR APPROACHES FOR MEASSURING/MAPPING SOIL SALINITY -- 13.3. IMPACTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SOIL SALINITY DEVELOPMENT: WESTSIDE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CASE STUDY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Index -- EULA.

Note: Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Basic Radar Principles -- Chapter 2: Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation -- Chapter 3: Polarimetric Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation -- Chapter 4: Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Algorithm -- Chapter 5: Advanced Radar Technologies for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation -- Chapter 6: Radar Technologies for Observing the Water Cycle -- Chapter 7: Radar QPE for Hydrologic Modeling -- Chapter 8: Flash Flood Forecasting -- Back Cover.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Toward Multiscale Hydrologic Remote Sensing for Creating Integrated Hydrologic Observatories -- PART I: Local-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing -- Chapter 2: Advanced Ground-Penetrating Radar for Soil Moisture Retrieval -- Chapter 3: Storm Impact on the Coastal Geomorphology and Current Field by Wave Field Image Sequences -- Chapter 4: Comparative Analysis of Surface Energy Balance Models for Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation through Remotely Sensed Images -- Chapter 5: Thermal Radiation and Energy Closure Assessment in Evapotranspiration Estimation for Remote Sensing Validation -- PART II: Urban-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing -- Chapter 6: Spatiotemporal Interactions among Soil Moisture, Vegetation Cover, and Evapotranspiration in the Tampa Bay Urban Region, Florida -- Chapter 7: Developing a Composite Indicator with Landsat Thematic Mapper/Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Images for Drought Assessment in a Coastal Urban Region -- PART III: Watershed-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing -- Chapter 8: Modeling Stream Flow Changes with the Aid of Multisourced Remote Sensing Data in a Poorly Gauged Watershed -- Chapter 9: MODIS-Based Snow Cover Products, Validation, and Hydrologic Applications -- Chapter 10: Modeling Snowmelt Runoff under Climate Change Scenarios Using MODIS-Based Snow Cover Products -- Chapter 11: Multispectral Satellite Data for Flood Monitoring and Inundation Mapping -- PART IV: Regional-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing -- Chapter 12: Precipitation Estimate Using NEXRAD Ground-Based Radar Images: Validation, Calibration, and Spatial Analysis -- Chapter 13: Radar Polarimetry for Rain Estimation -- Chapter 14: Airborne Water Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar. , PART V: Continental- and Global-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing -- Chapter 15: Global Precipitation Estimation and Applications -- Chapter 16: Instantaneous Precipitation and Latent Heating Estimation over Land from Combined Spaceborne Radar and Microwave Radiometer Observations -- Chapter 17: Global Soil Moisture Estimation Using Microwave Remote Sensing -- Chapter 18: Microwave Vegetation Indices from Satellite Passive Microwave Sensors for Mapping Global Vegetation Cover -- Chapter 19: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Global Evapotranspiration -- Chapter 20: Validation of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Data for Assessment of Terrestrial Water Storage Variations -- Chapter 21: Remote Sensing of Soil and Vegetation Moisture from Space for Monitoring Drought and Forest Fire Events -- Index.