To cite 'RFmerge' in publications use:

Baez-Villanueva, O. M.; Zambrano-Bigiarini, M.; Beck, H.; McNamara, I.; Ribbe, L.; Nauditt, A.; Birkel, C.; Verbist, K.; Giraldo-Osorio, J.D.; Thinh, N.X. (2020). RF-MEP: a novel Random Forest method for merging gridded precipitation products and ground-based measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 239, 111610. doi10.1016/j.rse.2019.111606.

Zambrano-Bigiarini, M.; Baez-Villanueva O.M.; Giraldo-Osorio, J. (2026). RFmerge: Merging of Satellite Datasets with Ground Observations using Random Forests. R package version 0.3-3. URL https://cran.r-project.org/package=RFmerge.<doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.RFmerge>.

We have invested a lot of time and effort in creating RFmerge, please cite it if you use it !

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{BaezVillanueva+al2020-RFmerge_article,
    title = {RF-MEP: a novel Random Forest method for merging gridded
      precipitation products and ground-based measurements},
    journal = {Remote Sensing of Environment},
    author = {{Baez-Villanueva} and O. M. and {Zambrano-Bigiarini} and
      {M.} and {Beck} and {H.} and {McNamara} and {I.} and {Ribbe} and
      {L.} and {Nauditt} and {A.} and {Birkel} and {C.} and {Verbist}
      and {K.} and {Giraldo-Osorio} and {J.D.} and {Thinh} and {N.X.}},
    volume = {239},
    pages = {111610},
    year = {2020},
    doi = {10.1016/j.rse.2019.111606},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111606},
  }

  @Manual{Zambrano-Bigiarini+al2026-RFmerge_pkg,
    title = {RFmerge: Merging of Satellite Datasets with Ground
      Observations using Random Forests},
    author = {{Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini} and {Oscar M.
      Baez-Villanueva} and {Juan Giraldo-Osorio}},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.3-3 .
      doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.RFmerge},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RFmerge},
    doi = {10.32614/CRAN.package.RFmerge},
  }