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We introduce a new cloud detection method based on the assimilation of data from the advanced microwave sounder unit A (AMSU-A) and the microwave humidity sounder (MHS) into the global and regional assimilation and prediction system (GRAPES) and use forecast experiments to evaluate its impact. The new cloud detection method can retain more observational data than the current method in GRAPES, thereby improving the assimilation of AMSU-A data. Verification of the method showed that, by improving the forecast of the lower-level air temperature and geopotential height, the new cloud detection method improved the forecast of the track of two typhoons. 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