Set the fraction of the horizontal sky area which is covered by clouds.
cloudcover typename value
typename describes the name of the cloud type, which can be ”wc” and ”ic”:
- ic
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Cloud cover of ice cloud, where the cloud properties are taken from ic_file.
- wc
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Cloud cover of water cloud, where the cloud properties are taken from wc_file.
When a cloud cover is specified, the result will be calculated by the independent pixel approximation (IPA), that is, as weighted average of cloudless sky and overcast sky. Please note that, if both cloudcover ic and cloudcover wc are set, both must be equal.
This option is ignored, if the option cloud_fraction_file is used.