Global near real-time precipitation estimates by optimally blending gauge, satellite, and model data

Hylke Beck1, A.P.J. De Roo2, Florian Pappenberger3, Albert van Dijk4, Vincenzo Levizzani5, Eric F Wood1 and George John Huffman6, (1)Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Joint Research Center Ispra, Water Resources Unit, Ispra, Italy, (3)European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom, (4)Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, (5)CNR Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Bologna, Italy, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States