PICTURE OF THE QUARTER: Nighttime Detection of Low-Level Thunderstorm Outflow Using a GOES Multispectral Image Product

John F. Dostalek Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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John F. Weaver Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Team, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, Colorado

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James F. W. Purdom Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Team, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Karen Y. Winston Focus on Integrated Remote Sensing Technology Training and Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Corresponding author address: John F. Dostalek, Research Meteorologist, CIRA, Colorado State University, W. Laporte Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80523.

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Corresponding author address: John F. Dostalek, Research Meteorologist, CIRA, Colorado State University, W. Laporte Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80523.

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