Merging Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPEs) from the High-resolution NEXRAD Reanalysis over CONUS with Rain-gauge Observations

Olivier P Prat1,2, Brian R Nelson3, Scott E Stevens4, Elsa Nickl5, Dong-Jun Seo6, Beomgeun Kim6, Jian Zhang7 and Youcun Qi8, (1)North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, North Carolina State University, Asheville, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS), North Carolina State University, Asheville, United States, (3)NOAA/NCEI/CWC, Asheville, NC, United States, (4)CICS-NC/NCSU, Asheville, NC, United States, (5)University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, Newark, DE, United States, (6)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (7)NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, United States, (8)CIMMS/OU, Norman, OK, United States