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 Stevens2, Elsa Nickl4, Dong-Jun Seo5, Beomgeun Kim5, Jian Zhang6 and Youcun Qi7, (1)North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, North Carolina State University, Asheville, United States, (2)CICS-NC/NCSU, Asheville, NC, United States, (3)NOAA/NCEI/CWC, Asheville, NC, United States, (4)University of Delaware, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, Newark, DE, United States, (5)University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States, (6)NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK, United States, (7)CIMMS/OU, Norman, OK, United States