CSN Process Quantity Names

  CSDMS Standard Names — Process Name + Quantity Name Pattern

• This page gives a list of examples of the very common Process Name + Quantity Name pattern for constructing Quantity names. As of 9/13/14, this list contained 618 quantity names that fit this pattern.

• This pattern usually combines a one-word process name with a one-word base quantity name like:
  

altitude, angle, area, capacity, charge, code, coefficient, constant, cost, current, date, density, depth, diameter, distance, duration, efficiency, energy, factor, fee, flux, force, frequency, heat, height, index, intensity, length, mass, number, parameter, period, pressure, price, radius, rate, ratio, speed, stress, temperature, time, viscosity or voltage.

• The base quantity rate can be combined with the majority of process names to generate a new quantity name (whether listed or not).

• Process Names are generally nouns that are derived from verbs by changing the ending, but the ing ending is often dropped in this pattern.

• The abbreviation IML stands for "In Main List" and marks quantity names that have been used in the main list of CSDMS Standard Variable Names.

• Note that the base quantity name time can be used in two different ways, as an actual time or as a duration. When possible it is preferable to use the base quantity name duration or period when the quantity is a duration. Consider the common, equivalent quantities: flying_time and flight_duration, for example. Note that recovery_time actually refers to a duration (and recovery_duration is also used) while arrival_time refers to a time.

absorption_coefficient
acceleration_rate
acceleration_voltage
access_code
accommodation_depth
accommodation_energy
acquisition_time
activation_energy (IML)
actuation_rate
adjustment_factor
aeration_rate
aggradation_rate
approach_angle (e.g. for an airplane or truck)
arrival_rate
arrival_time
ascent_angle
asking_price
assimilation_rate
attachment_angle
attack_angle (e.g. of an airfoil)
attention_span
attenuation_coefficient (IML)
attenuation_length
authorization_code
avalanching_rate
baking_temperature (also cooking)
baking_time
ballast_weight
banking_angle (or bank_angle ??)
bidding_price
bifurcation_ratio
billing_address (even though an address isn't just a number)
birth_rate
blast_radius
(boiling_point_temperature) (IML)
bounce_angle
(bubble_point_temperature) (IML)
burial_depth
braking_distance
braking_time
breaching_height (e.g. of a levee)
breakdown_voltage
break_duration
breaking_coefficient
breaking_depth (for waves)
breakover_angle (of a vehicle)
breathing_rate
breeding_duration
breeding_time
bubbling_pressure_head (IML)
buildup_rate (e.g. of plaque)
buoyancy_frequency
buoyancy_rate
burial_rate
calving_rate (IML)
cancellation_charge
capture_rate
capture_time
carrying_capacity (IML)
catching_rate
cavitation_rate
charging_time
chirp_frequency
chirp_rate
circulation_rate
clearance_altitude (for airplanes)
clearance_height (of an obstacle, bridge or truck; also called "ride height")
climb_angle (of an aircraft)
cohesion_strength
collapse_rate
collection_frequency
collision_diameter
collision_energy
collision_force
collision_rate
collision_time
combustion_efficiency
comoving_distance
completion_time
compounding_rate
compression_ratio
concentration_coefficient
concentration_time (time of concentration in hydrology; see attention_span)
conception_date
confining_pressure (in geology)
consumption_rate (IML)
contact_angle (in context of surface tension)
contact_area
containment_radius
contributing_area (IML)
control_parameter
convergence_rate
conversion_efficiency
conversion_rate
convolution_coefficient
convolution_constant
cooking_temperature
cooking_time
cooling_rate
correction_angle
correction_factor (IML)
correlation_coefficient
correlation_distance
coverage_factor
crest_angle
crest_factor (also called "cresting_factor")
creation_time
crossover_coefficient
cruising_altitude
culmination_time
cutoff_depth (e.g. in seismology)
cutoff_frequency
cutting_angle
cycling_rate
death_rate
decay_rate
declination_angle
deflection_angle
deforestation_rate
deformation_rate
deglaciation_rate
delay_factor
delay_time
delivery_date
delivery_rate
departure_angle
departure_time
depletion_rate
deployment_rate
deposit_date
deposition_age
descent_angle
detection_number (IML)
detection_rate
detonation_time
deviation_angle
dew_point_temperature ###### ("dewing")
diffraction_angle
diffusion_coefficient
diffusion_index (in economics)
diffusion_rate
digestion_period
dilatation_diameter
dilation_diameter
dilation_radius
dilution_ratio
dip_angle (in geology)
discovery_frequency
discovery_rate
discharge_coefficient
dislocation_density (in materials science)
dislocation_distance (e.g. human geography)
dislocation_length
dispersal_distance
dispersion_coefficient
dispersion_rate
displacement_current
dissipation_factor
dissipation_index
dissipation_rate
dissociation_energy (IML)
dissolution_rate
distribution_cost
distribution_parameter
disturbance_frequency
dive_angle
diving_angle
diving_depth
division_rate
domination_number
doubling_time
drafting_distance
drag_coefficient (IML)
drag_force (a vector)
drainage_area (IML)
drainage_density (IML)
drawdown_depth
drift_speed
drift_velocity (a vector)
drilling_angle
drilling_depth
drilling_speed
drip_rate
driving_force
driving_time
(drop_coefficient) CHECK
ejection_time
emergence_rate (IML)
emission_frequency (IML)
emission_rate
emission_voltage
entrainment_rate
entrance_speed (e.g. of meteors)
entry_angle
erosion_rate (IML)
eruption_time
escape_speed (IML)
evaporation_rate (IML)
excavation_rate
exchange_coefficient (IML)
excitation_energy
excursion_time
exhumation_rate (in geology)
exit_speed
expansion_angle
expansion_coefficient (IML)
expansion_distance
expansion_rate
expiration_date
explosion_energy
explosion_time
exposure_duration
exposure_frequency
exposure_time
extention_depth
extinction_coefficient
failure_frequency
failure_rate
fall_speed (IML)
fall_time
fanning_frequency
feeding_time
filling_area
filling_radius
firing_angle
firing_frequency
firing_rate
firing_speed
firing_time
flaring_angle
flashing_rate
flattening_ratio (IML)
flexure_strength #####
flight_duration
flooding_depth
flooding_height ### (any difference?)
flow_coefficient
flow_rate (IML)
flow_speed (IML)
flow_velocity (IML)
flow_vorticity
flying_time
following_distance
following_speed
foraging_area
foraging_distance
foraging_duration
forcing_frequency
freeze_depth (IML)
freezing_point_temperature #####
(friction_angle)
(friction_coefficient) (IML)
(friction_factor) (IML)
(frost_point_temperature)
(fusion_specific_latent_heat) (IML)
generation_coefficient
generation_rate
germination_period
gestation_period (IML)
glancing_angle (complement of the incidence angle)
glide_distance
glide_height
glide_ratio
gravitation_constant (IML)
growth_rate
harvest_time
healing_time
hearing_frequency (IML)
heating_rate
hibernation_period (IML)
hiding_factor
hit_rate
holding_time
hop_length
hovering_height
identification_number (IML)
idling_duration
impact_angle
impact_depth
impact_factor
impact_force
impact_impulse
impact_time
inbreeding_coefficient
incidence_angle
incidence_rate
inclination_angle (IML)
incubation_period (IML)
indentation_hardness
induction_frequency
induction_period
infection_rate
infiltration_rate (IML)
inflation_pressure (e.g. of tires)
inflation_rate
inflow_rate (IML)
infusion_rate
injection_rate
interaction_frequency
interaction_rate
interaction_time
interception_capacity
interception_loss #######
interception_rate
interference_angle
interference_rate
interpolation_coefficient
interpolation_constant
intersection_angle
inundation_depth
inundation_height
ionization_speed (a critical value)
irradiation_constant (IML)
irradiation_flux (IML)
irrigation_rate
jumping_distance
jumping_height
lag_time
landfall_rate
landing_distance
landing_speed
landing_time
lapse_rate (IML)
(lapse_time ??) #####
launch_date
launch_time
leading_coefficient (IML)
lead_time
leakage_current
leaking_rate
leaning_angle (e.g. or just lean_angle, as in motorcycle racing)
lift_coefficient (IML)
lift_force (a vector)
lift_to_drag_ratio
limit_mass (IML)
loss_current
loss_rate
loss_voltage
lowering_rate (IML)
magnification_factor (see reduction_factor & scale_factor)
manufacture_date
maturation_period (better than maturation_time)
(meander_amplitude, meander_curvature_radius, meander_wavelength)
measurement_time
melt_fraction
melt_rate (IML)
melting_ratio (in metallurgy)
(melting_point_temperature or melt_temperature  ????)
migration_distance
migration_rate
migration_time
miss_rate
mixing_length
modulation_frequency
modulation_index
moulting_frequency
mowing_frequency
mowing_height
mutation_rate
normalization_coefficient
nutation_frequency
nutation_rate
occurrence_rate
opening_angle
opposing_force
origin_time (origination ??) #####
origination_fee
oscillation_amplitude
oscillation_frequency
oscillation_period
outflow_rate (IML)
ovulation_date (IML)
packing_factor
partition_coefficient (IML)
partition_constant
partition_ratio (preferred over partition_coefficient by IUPAC)
payment_date
payout_date
peaking_time
penetration_depth
perfusion_coefficient
perfusion_index
perfusion_rate
perfusion_ratio
persistence_length
persistence_time
perturbation_parameter
pitch_angle
planting_time
plunge_angle
polarization_angle
pollination_efficiency
ponding_depth
ponding_time (IML )
precession_period (IML)
precession_rate (IML)
precipitation_duration (IML)
(precipitation_frequency ??)
precipitation_period
precipitation_rate (IML)
preparation_time
pressing_ratio
pressure_ratio
prevention_rate
probing_depth (in dentistry)
processing_fee
processing_rate
production_rate
projection_angle
progradation_rate
propagation_frequency
propulsion_force
protection_factor (IML)
pull_altitude (for skydivers)
pulse_rate
pumping_rate
pumping_ratio
purchase_date
purchase_price
quarantine_period
race_distance
race_duration
race_length
race_time
radiation_flux (IML)
radiation_frequency (IML)
radiation_intensity (IML)
radiation_length
radiation_wavelength (IML)
rake_angle (raking)
ranging_area (of animals)
rating_coefficient
reaction_time
reaeration_capacity
reaeration_coefficient
rebound_hardness
recession_coefficient
recession_depth (in dentistry)
recharge_rate (IML)
recirculation_rate
recline_angle
recovery_rate
reduction_factor
reduction_rate
reduction_ratio
reentry_speed
reflection_angle
reflection_coefficient
refraction_angle (IML)
refraction_index (IML)
refresh_rate
regeneration_time
regression_coefficient (also called the "intercept")
regression_constant
rejection_rate
relaxation_rate
relaxation_time
release_energy (IML)
release_rate
removal_rate
repair_time
replacement_rate
repose_angle
reproduction_rate
residence_time
resisting_force (or resistance_force)
resonance_frequency
response_rate
response_time
rest_energy
rest_mass
restoration_rate
restoring_force
retreat_rate (IML)
retrieval_rate
return_period (IML)
return_time
ride_height (also called "clearance_height")
ripening_factor
ripple_current
rise_coefficient
rise_rate (e.g. sea level)
rise_time (IML)
risk_factor
roll_angle
rotation_angle
rotation_period (IML)
rotation_rate (IML)
routing_number
running_distance
runoff_rate  ???
rupture_area
rupture_modulus
rupture_velocity
saltation_length
scale_factor
scanning_rate (e.g. of a microscope or satellite)
scattering_angle
scavenging_rate
scintillation_rate
scratch_hardness
screening_length
search_radius
seating_capacity
seepage_rate
selling_price
send_date
separation_distance
separation_period
separation_time
set_time (or setting_time ??) ######
settling_speed (IML)
shaking_amplitude
shaping_time
shear_stress (IML)
shear_viscosity (IML)
shipping_address
(even though an address isn't just a number) (shock_angle ??)
shunt_impedance
(also shunting_impedance) shunting_ratio
sideslip_angle
sighting_angle
sighting_distance
sighting_rate
silting_rate
sinking_rate
sleeping_period
sliding_speed (IML)
slip_angle (in geology)
splitting_parameter
spreading_angle
spreading_rate
sprouting_time ######
stacking_height
staging_area
staging_period
staging_ratio
staging_time
stagnation_pressure
start_time (IML)
starvation_period (or starvation_time)
steering_angle
stirring_frequency
stop_time (IML)
stopping_distance
stopping_time
storage_capacity
storage_density
(for computer memory) strain_rate (same as deformation_rate ??) #######
strike_angle (in geology)
striking_distance
strobing_frequency
stroke_length
stroke_ratio
success_rate #### succeeding
sunshine_duration (IML)
suppression_rate
surge_height
survival_rate
switching_frequency
switching_time
takeoff_angle
takeoff_distance
takeoff_speed
tax_rate (tax or taxation)
thaw_depth (IML)
thaw_rate (IML)
thrust_force
tilt_angle (IML)
torsion_angle
tracking_angle
transfer_coefficient
transit_duration
transition_time
transmission_coefficient
transmission_frequency
trapping_coefficient
trapping_efficiency
travel_time (IML)
treatment_rate
trial_period
triggering_voltage
tuning_frequency
tunneling_current
tunneling_rate
turning_angle
turning_number
turning_radius (IML)
turnover_rate
turnover_ratio
turnover_time
twisting_number
twist_rate
uplift_rate (IML)
uptake_rate
vaccination_rate
vaporization_rate
(vaporization_specific_latent_heat ???)
variation_coefficient (also called coefficient of variation)
vibration_frequency
viewing_angle
viewing_distance (e.g. for TVs)
waiting_period
walking_distance
warming_rate
warning_time
wasting_rate (in geology)
watering_frequency
watering_time
weathering_rate
(wetting_front_depth ??)
wicking_distance
wicking_time
winding_number
wiping_frequency
(wilting_point_pressure_head)
(wilting_point_volume_fraction)
withering_rate
yaw_angle
yaw_moment (or yawing_moment ??)
yaw_rate
yield_stress (same as yield strength ??)