CSDMS Standard Names

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CSDMS Standard Names

Information on the CSDMS Standard Names has been organized into the following sections that each have their own page.

While it is always a good idea to use existing standards whenever possible, CSDMS discovered that other naming conventions, such as the CF Convention Standard Names, were not well-suited to the needs of component-based modeling. Our specific motivations are explained here.

The CSDMS Standard Names follow a basic object — quantity pattern.