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To achieve better detection results, a cloud detection method with multi-scale feature extraction and content-aware reassembly network (MCNet) is proposed. Using pyramid convolution and channel attention mechanisms to enhance the model\u2019s feature extraction capability, MCNet can fully extract the spatial information and channel information of clouds in an image. The content-aware reassembly is used to ensure that sampling on the network can recover enough in-depth semantic information and improve the model cloud detection effect. 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