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Table 3

Overview of the different cloud models used in this study.

Cloud model Description
No clouds Clear atmosphere without any Cloud opacity
Clouds Fully opaque atmosphere at pressures P > Pcloud
Patchy clouds Similar to clouds but only covering a fraction of the atmosphere (Line & Parmentier 2016)
Complex clouds Cloud deck with opacity given by Eq. (2) and cloud base at pressure Pbase
Complex patchy clouds Similar to Complex clouds but only covering a fraction of the atmosphere

Notes. The input priors for the different parameters are listed in Tables 2, 5, and 7.

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