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The aim of climate research is to increase our knowledge about the nature of climate and the causes of climate variability and change. Increasing our understanding of the physical processes on various spatial and temporal scales will ultimately reduce uncertainty and improve our capabilities to predict climate on monthly to seasonal timescales and allow us to separate the anthropogenic and natural causes of long term climate change.
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Wanner, H., Grosjean, M., Röthlisberger, R., Xoplaki, E. (2006). Climate variability, predictability and climate risks: a European perspective. In: Wanner, H., Grosjean, M., Röthlisberger, R., Xoplaki, E. (eds) Climate Variability, Predictability and Climate Risks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5714-4_1
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