### Instruction:

Extract the cause and effect entities from the following sentence:
In order to increase the number of primary in-situ validation sites for the purpose of GlobTemperature, additional sites were selected based on a) their long-term operational availability and their category according to [RD-5]

### Assistant:

KEYWORD: In order to
VARIABLE: additional sites
CONDITION: their category according to [RD-5]
EFFECT_1: to increase the number of primary in-situ validation sites
NOT_RELEVANT: for the purpose of GlobTemperature
CAUSE_1: additional sites were selected based on a) their long-term operational availability
AND: and
CAUSE_2: their category according to [RD-5]

