def binary_mse_merge(bmse_1, bmse_2):
    """
    Merge two BMSE objects.

    Parameters
    ----------
    bmse_1: dict
      A BMSE object initialized with
      :py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_init`.
      and populated with
      :py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_accum`.
    bmse_2: dict
      Another BMSE object initialized with
      :py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_init`.
      and populated with
      :py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_accum`.

    Returns
    -------
    out: dict
      The merged BMSE object.
    """

    # checks
    if bmse_1["thr"] != bmse_2["thr"]:
        raise ValueError(
            "cannot merge: the thresholds are not same %s!=%s"
            % (bmse_1["thr"], bmse_2["thr"])
        )
    if bmse_1["wavelet"] != bmse_2["wavelet"]:
        raise ValueError(
            "cannot merge: the wavelets are not same %s!=%s"
            % (bmse_1["wavelet"], bmse_2["wavelet"])
        )
    if list(bmse_1["scales"]) != list(bmse_2["scales"]):
        raise ValueError(
            "cannot merge: the scales are not same %s!=%s"
            % (bmse_1["scales"], bmse_2["scales"])
        )

    # merge the BMSE objects
    bmse = bmse_1.copy()
    bmse["eps"] = (bmse["eps"] * bmse["n"] + bmse_2["eps"] * bmse_2["n"]) / (
        bmse["n"] + bmse_2["n"]
    )
    for j, scale in enumerate(bmse["scales"]):
        bmse["mse"][j] = (
            bmse["mse"][j] * bmse["n"] + bmse_2["mse"][j] * bmse_2["n"]
        ) / (bmse["n"] + bmse_2["n"])
    bmse["n"] += bmse_2["n"]

    return bmse
Merge two BMSE objects.

Parameters
----------
bmse_1: dict
A BMSE object initialized with
:py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_init`.
and populated with
:py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_accum`.
bmse_2: dict
Another BMSE object initialized with
:py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_init`.
and populated with
:py:func:`pysteps.verification.spatialscores.binary_mse_accum`.

Returns
-------
out: dict
The merged BMSE object.
pysteps/verification/spatialscores.py