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 The tool handels the request to the database over the REST API and the subsequent processing.
 The results are provided as xarray objects for subsequent processing by the user.
 
-This project is a beta with some basic functionalities. 
+This project is in beta with the intended basic functionalities. 
+The documentation is work in progress.
 
 # Requirements