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The low, medium and high and total cloud cover for each grid column are calculated from the profile of the predicted cloud fraction using assumptions about the overlap between the subgrid clouds in the vertical (whether the layers of cloud are stacked above one another in the vertical, or whether they are displaced relative to one another).
Fig2.1.5.2-2: Example of Assessment of Cloud Cover.
IFS model cloud layers are assigned as:
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