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\item The observed cloud regimes resemble those derived for the Southern Ocean in \citep[e.g.][]{Haynes_2011, Mason_2014}, including a deeper optically-thick mid-topped cloud regime distinguished in \citet{Mason_2014}.  \item We show that the model produces optically-thinner versions of observed cloud regimes at low- through to mid-levels, and that these compensating cloud regimes occur in the parts of the Southern Ocean and the composite cyclone expected of their observed optically-thicker counterparts.  \end{itemize}  We can use the hybrid cloud regimes to quantify the effect of changes to cloud parameterisation. The introduction of the Franklin microphysics scheme had the following effects:  \begin{itemize}  \item The optically thinnest cloud regimes H1, H4 \& H6---which are found to occur in the model where optically thinner clouds are observed---are modelled less frequently. The key features in the Southern Ocean RFO maps, such as the Drake Passage, are better represented   \item   \end{itemize}