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 # CSET (Convective and turbulence scale Evaluation and verification Toolkit)
 
-CSET is a toolkit for verification, evaluation and investigation of convective-
+CSET is a toolkit for evaluation, verification and investigation of convective-
 and turbulence-scale numerical models for weather and climate applications,
 cutting across time and space scales.