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= '''[[CSDMS_Standard_Names | CSDMS Standard Names]] — Process Name + Quantity Name Pattern''' = | = '''[[CSDMS_Standard_Names | CSDMS Standard Names]] — Process Name + Quantity Name Pattern ''' = | ||
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* This page gives a list of examples of the very common '''Process Name + Quantity Name''' pattern for constructing Quantity names. | * 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. | ||
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* This pattern usually combines a one-word process name with a one-word '''base quantity''' name like: <br/> | * This pattern usually combines a one-word process name with a one-word '''base quantity''' name like: <br/> | ||
:angle, code, coefficient, depth, distance, energy, factor, flux, frequency, height, period, pressure, price, radius, rate, ratio, temperature or | :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. | ||
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* The base quantity '''rate''' can be combined with the majority of process names to generate a new quantity name (whether listed or not). | * The base quantity '''rate''' can be combined with the majority of process names to generate a new quantity name (whether listed or not). | ||
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absorption_coefficient <br/> | absorption_coefficient <br/> | ||
acceleration_rate <br/> | acceleration_rate <br/> | ||
acceleration_voltage <br/> | |||
access_code <br/> | access_code <br/> | ||
accommodation_depth <br/> | |||
accommodation_energy <br/> | |||
acquisition_time <br/> | acquisition_time <br/> | ||
activation_energy (IML) <br/> | activation_energy (IML) <br/> | ||
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aeration_rate <br/> | aeration_rate <br/> | ||
aggradation_rate <br/> | aggradation_rate <br/> | ||
approach_angle (e.g. for an airplane or truck) <br/> | |||
arrival_rate <br/> | arrival_rate <br/> | ||
arrival_time <br/> | arrival_time <br/> | ||
ascent_angle <br/> | |||
asking_price <br/> | asking_price <br/> | ||
assimilation_rate <br/> | assimilation_rate <br/> | ||
attachment_angle <br/> | attachment_angle <br/> | ||
attack_angle <br/> | attack_angle (e.g. of an airfoil) <br/> | ||
attention_span <br/> | |||
attenuation_coefficient (IML) <br/> | attenuation_coefficient (IML) <br/> | ||
attenuation_length <br/> | |||
authorization_code <br/> | authorization_code <br/> | ||
avalanching_rate <br/> | avalanching_rate <br/> | ||
baking_temperature (also cooking) <br/> | baking_temperature (also cooking) <br/> | ||
baking_time <br/> | baking_time <br/> | ||
ballast_weight <br/> | |||
banking_angle (or bank_angle ??) <br/> | banking_angle (or bank_angle ??) <br/> | ||
bidding_price <br/> | |||
bifurcation_ratio <br/> | bifurcation_ratio <br/> | ||
billing_address (even though an address isn't just a number) <br/> | |||
birth_rate <br/> | birth_rate <br/> | ||
blast_radius <br/> | blast_radius <br/> | ||
(boiling_point_temperature) (IML) <br/> | (boiling_point_temperature) (IML) <br/> | ||
bounce_angle <br/> | |||
(bubble_point_temperature) (IML) <br/> | (bubble_point_temperature) (IML) <br/> | ||
burial_depth <br/> | |||
braking_distance <br/> | braking_distance <br/> | ||
braking_time <br/> | braking_time <br/> | ||
breaching_height (e.g. of a levee) <br/> | breaching_height (e.g. of a levee) <br/> | ||
breakdown_voltage <br/> | |||
break_duration <br/> | |||
breaking_coefficient <br/> | breaking_coefficient <br/> | ||
breaking_depth (for waves) <br/> | breaking_depth (for waves) <br/> | ||
breakover_angle (of a vehicle) <br/> | |||
breathing_rate <br/> | breathing_rate <br/> | ||
breeding_duration <br/> | |||
breeding_time <br/> | |||
bubbling_pressure_head (IML)<br/> | bubbling_pressure_head (IML)<br/> | ||
buildup_rate (e.g. of plaque)<br/> | buildup_rate (e.g. of plaque)<br/> | ||
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buoyancy_rate<br/> | buoyancy_rate<br/> | ||
burial_rate<br/> | burial_rate<br/> | ||
calving_rate (IML)<br/> | calving_rate (IML) <br/> | ||
capture_rate<br/> | cancellation_charge <br/> | ||
capture_time<br/> | capture_rate <br/> | ||
capture_time <br/> | |||
carrying_capacity (IML)<br/> | carrying_capacity (IML)<br/> | ||
catching_rate<br/> | catching_rate<br/> | ||
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chirp_frequency<br/> | chirp_frequency<br/> | ||
chirp_rate<br/> | chirp_rate<br/> | ||
circulation_rate<br/> | circulation_rate <br/> | ||
clearance_height (of an obstacle, bridge or truck)<br/> | clearance_altitude (for airplanes) <br/> | ||
clearance_height (of an obstacle, bridge or truck; also called "ride height") <br/> | |||
climb_angle (of an aircraft) <br/> | |||
cohesion_strength <br/> | |||
collapse_rate<br/> | collapse_rate<br/> | ||
collection_frequency<br/> | collection_frequency <br/> | ||
collision_energy<br/> | collision_diameter <br/> | ||
collision_energy <br/> | |||
collision_force <br/> | |||
collision_rate<br/> | collision_rate<br/> | ||
collision_time<br/> | collision_time<br/> | ||
combustion_efficiency <br/> | |||
comoving_distance <br/> | |||
completion_time<br/> | completion_time<br/> | ||
compounding_rate<br/> | compounding_rate<br/> | ||
compression_ratio <br/> | compression_ratio <br/> | ||
concentration_coefficient<br/> | concentration_coefficient <br/> | ||
concentration_time (time of concentration in hydrology; see attention_span) <br/> | |||
conception_date<br/> | conception_date<br/> | ||
confining_pressure (in geology)<br/> | confining_pressure (in geology)<br/> | ||
consumption_rate (IML)<br/> | consumption_rate (IML) <br/> | ||
contact_angle (in context of surface tension) <br/> | |||
contact_area <br/> | |||
containment_radius<br/> | containment_radius<br/> | ||
contributing_area (IML)<br/> | contributing_area (IML)<br/> | ||
control_parameter<br/> | control_parameter<br/> | ||
convergence_rate<br/> | convergence_rate<br/> | ||
conversion_efficiency <br/> | |||
conversion_rate<br/> | conversion_rate<br/> | ||
convolution_coefficient <br/> | convolution_coefficient <br/> | ||
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cooking_time <br/> | cooking_time <br/> | ||
cooling_rate<br/> | cooling_rate<br/> | ||
correction_angle <br/> | |||
correction_factor (IML)<br/> | correction_factor (IML)<br/> | ||
correlation_coefficient <br/> | correlation_coefficient <br/> | ||
correlation_distance <br/> | |||
coverage_factor<br/> | coverage_factor<br/> | ||
creepage_length <br/> | |||
crest_angle <br/> | |||
crest_factor (also called "cresting_factor")<br/> | crest_factor (also called "cresting_factor")<br/> | ||
creation_time<br/> | creation_time<br/> | ||
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cruising_altitude<br/> | cruising_altitude<br/> | ||
culmination_time<br/> | culmination_time<br/> | ||
cutoff_frequency<br/> | cutoff_depth (e.g. in seismology) <br/> | ||
cutting_angle<br/> | cutoff_frequency <br/> | ||
cutting_angle <br/> | |||
cycling_rate<br/> | cycling_rate<br/> | ||
death_rate<br/> | death_rate<br/> | ||
decay_rate<br/> | decay_rate<br/> | ||
declination_angle<br/> | declination_angle <br/> | ||
deforestation_rate<br/> | deflection_angle <br/> | ||
deforestation_rate <br/> | |||
deformation_rate<br/> | deformation_rate<br/> | ||
deglaciation_rate<br/> | deglaciation_rate<br/> | ||
delay_factor<br/> | delay_factor <br/> | ||
delay_time<br/> | delay_time <br/> | ||
delivery_date<br/> | delivery_date <br/> | ||
delivery_rate<br/> | delivery_rate <br/> | ||
departure_time<br/> | departure_angle <br/> | ||
depletion_rate<br/> | departure_time <br/> | ||
deployment_rate<br/> | depletion_rate <br/> | ||
deployment_rate <br/> | |||
deposit_date <br/> | |||
deposition_age <br/> | |||
descent_angle <br/> | |||
detection_number (IML)<br/> | detection_number (IML)<br/> | ||
detection_rate<br/> | detection_rate<br/> | ||
detonation_time<br/> | detonation_time <br/> | ||
dew_point_temperature ###### ("dewing")<br/> | deviation_angle <br/> | ||
diffraction_angle<br/> | dew_point_temperature ###### ("dewing") <br/> | ||
diffusion_coefficient<br/> | diffraction_angle <br/> | ||
diffusion_index (in economics)<br/> | diffusion_coefficient <br/> | ||
diffusion_rate<br/> | diffusion_index (in economics) <br/> | ||
digestion_period<br/> | diffusion_rate <br/> | ||
digestion_period <br/> | |||
dilatation_diameter <br/> | |||
dilation_diameter <br/> | |||
dilation_radius <br/> | |||
dilution_ratio <br/> | dilution_ratio <br/> | ||
dip_angle (in geology)<br/> | dip_angle (in geology) <br/> | ||
discovery_frequency<br/> | discovery_frequency <br/> | ||
discovery_rate<br/> | discovery_rate <br/> | ||
discharge_coefficient <br/> | |||
dislocation_density (in materials science) <br/> | |||
dislocation_distance (e.g. human geography) <br/> | |||
dispersion_coefficient<br/> | dislocation_length <br/> | ||
dispersion_rate<br/> | dispersal_distance <br/> | ||
dissipation_factor<br/> | dispersion_coefficient <br/> | ||
dissipation_rate<br/> | dispersion_rate <br/> | ||
dissolution_rate<br/> | displacement_current <br/> | ||
dissipation_factor <br/> | |||
dissipation_index <br/> | |||
dissipation_rate <br/> | |||
dissociation_energy (IML) <br/> | |||
dissolution_rate <br/> | |||
distribution_cost<br/> | distribution_cost<br/> | ||
distribution_parameter <br/> | distribution_parameter <br/> | ||
disturbance_frequency <br/> | disturbance_frequency <br/> | ||
dive_angle <br/> | |||
diving_angle <br/> | |||
diving_depth <br/> | |||
division_rate<br/> | division_rate<br/> | ||
domination_number <br/> | |||
doubling_time<br/> | doubling_time<br/> | ||
drag_coefficient (IML)<br/> | drafting_distance <br/> | ||
drainage_area (IML)<br/> | drag_coefficient (IML) <br/> | ||
drainage_density (IML)<br/> | drag_force (a vector) <br/> | ||
drainage_area (IML) <br/> | |||
drainage_density (IML) <br/> | |||
drawdown_depth <br/> | |||
drift_speed <br/> | drift_speed <br/> | ||
drift_velocity<br/> | drift_velocity (a vector) <br/> | ||
drip_rate<br/> | drilling_angle <br/> | ||
driving_force<br/> | drilling_depth <br/> | ||
drilling_speed <br/> | |||
drip_rate <br/> | |||
driving_force <br/> | |||
driving_time<br/> | driving_time<br/> | ||
(drop_coefficient) CHECK<br/> | (drop_coefficient) CHECK<br/> | ||
ejection_time <br/> | |||
emergence_rate (IML)<br/> | emergence_rate (IML)<br/> | ||
emission_frequency (IML)<br/> | emission_frequency (IML)<br/> | ||
emission_rate<br/> | emission_rate <br/> | ||
entrainment_rate<br/> | emission_voltage <br/> | ||
entrainment_rate <br/> | |||
entrance_speed (e.g. of meteors)<br/> | entrance_speed (e.g. of meteors)<br/> | ||
entry_angle<br/> | entry_angle<br/> | ||
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exhumation_rate (in geology)<br/> | exhumation_rate (in geology)<br/> | ||
exit_speed<br/> | exit_speed<br/> | ||
expansion_angle <br/> | |||
expansion_coefficient (IML)<br/> | expansion_coefficient (IML)<br/> | ||
expansion_distance <br/> | |||
expansion_rate<br/> | expansion_rate<br/> | ||
expiration_date<br/> | expiration_date<br/> | ||
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exposure_duration<br/> | exposure_duration<br/> | ||
exposure_frequency<br/> | exposure_frequency<br/> | ||
exposure_time<br/> | exposure_time <br/> | ||
failure_frequency<br/> | extention_depth <br/> | ||
fall_speed (IML)<br/> | extinction_coefficient <br/> | ||
fanning_frequency<br/> | failure_frequency <br/> | ||
feeding_time<br/> | failure_rate <br/> | ||
firing_frequency<br/> | fall_speed (IML) <br/> | ||
firing_rate<br/> | fall_time <br/> | ||
firing_time<br/> | fanning_frequency <br/> | ||
flashing_rate<br/> | feeding_time <br/> | ||
flattening_ratio (IML)<br/> | filling_area <br/> | ||
filling_radius <br/> | |||
firing_angle <br/> | |||
firing_frequency <br/> | |||
firing_rate <br/> | |||
firing_speed <br/> | |||
firing_time <br/> | |||
flaring_angle <br/> | |||
flashing_rate <br/> | |||
flattening_ratio (IML) <br/> | |||
flexure_strength #####<br/> | flexure_strength #####<br/> | ||
flight_duration<br/> | flight_duration <br/> | ||
flow_rate (IML)<br/> | flooding_depth <br/> | ||
flow_speed (IML)<br/> | flooding_height ### (any difference?) <br/> | ||
flow_velocity (IML)<br/> | flow_coefficient <br/> | ||
flow_rate (IML) <br/> | |||
flow_speed (IML) <br/> | |||
flow_velocity (IML) <br/> | |||
flow_vorticity <br/> | flow_vorticity <br/> | ||
flying_time<br/> | flying_time <br/> | ||
forcing_frequency<br/> | following_distance <br/> | ||
freeze_depth (IML)<br/> | following_speed <br/> | ||
foraging_area <br/> | |||
foraging_distance <br/> | |||
foraging_duration <br/> | |||
forcing_frequency <br/> | |||
freeze_depth (IML) <br/> | |||
freezing_point_temperature #####<br/> | freezing_point_temperature #####<br/> | ||
(friction_angle) <br/> | |||
(friction_coefficient) (IML)<br/> | (friction_coefficient) (IML)<br/> | ||
(friction_factor) (IML)<br/> | (friction_factor) (IML)<br/> | ||
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generation_rate<br/> | generation_rate<br/> | ||
germination_period<br/> | germination_period<br/> | ||
gestation_period (IML)<br/> | gestation_period (IML) <br/> | ||
glancing_angle (complement of the incidence angle) <br/> | |||
glide_distance <br/> | |||
glide_height <br/> | |||
glide_ratio <br/> | |||
gravitation_constant (IML)<br/> | gravitation_constant (IML)<br/> | ||
growth_rate<br/> | growth_rate<br/> | ||
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hovering_height<br/> | hovering_height<br/> | ||
identification_number (IML)<br/> | identification_number (IML)<br/> | ||
idling_duration <br/> | |||
impact_angle <br/> | |||
impact_depth <br/> | |||
impact_factor <br/> | |||
impact_force <br/> | |||
impact_impulse <br/> | |||
impact_time <br/> | |||
inbreeding_coefficient <br/> | inbreeding_coefficient <br/> | ||
incidence_angle<br/> | incidence_angle<br/> | ||
incidence_rate<br/> | incidence_rate <br/> | ||
inclination_angle (IML)<br/> | inclination_angle (IML) <br/> | ||
incubation_period (IML)<br/> | incubation_period (IML) <br/> | ||
indentation_hardness <br/> | |||
induction_frequency<br/> | induction_frequency<br/> | ||
induction_period<br/> | induction_period<br/> | ||
infection_rate<br/> | infection_rate<br/> | ||
infiltration_rate (IML)<br/> | infiltration_rate (IML)<br/> | ||
inflation_pressure (e.g. of tires) <br/> | |||
inflation_rate<br/> | inflation_rate<br/> | ||
inflow_rate (IML)<br/> | inflow_rate (IML)<br/> | ||
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interpolation_coefficient <br/> | interpolation_coefficient <br/> | ||
interpolation_constant <br/> | interpolation_constant <br/> | ||
intersection_angle <br/> | |||
inundation_depth <br/> | |||
inundation_height <br/> | |||
ionization_speed (a critical value) <br/> | |||
irradiation_constant (IML)<br/> | irradiation_constant (IML)<br/> | ||
irradiation_flux (IML)<br/> | irradiation_flux (IML)<br/> | ||
irrigation_rate<br/> | irrigation_rate<br/> | ||
lag_time<br/> | jumping_distance <br/> | ||
landfall_rate<br/> | jumping_height <br/> | ||
landing_time<br/> | lag_time <br/> | ||
lapse_rate (IML)<br/> | landfall_rate <br/> | ||
landing_distance <br/> | |||
landing_speed <br/> | |||
landing_time <br/> | |||
lapse_rate (IML) <br/> | |||
(lapse_time ??) #####<br/> | (lapse_time ??) #####<br/> | ||
launch_date<br/> | launch_date <br/> | ||
launch_time<br/> | launch_time <br/> | ||
leading_coefficient (IML)<br/> | leading_coefficient (IML) <br/> | ||
lead_time<br/> | lead_time <br/> | ||
leaking_rate<br/> | leakage_current <br/> | ||
lift_coefficient (IML)<br/> | leaking_rate <br/> | ||
limit_mass (IML)<br/> | leaning_angle (e.g. or just lean_angle, as in motorcycle racing) <br/> | ||
loss_rate<br/> | lift_coefficient (IML) <br/> | ||
lowering_rate (IML)<br/> | lift_force (a vector) <br/> | ||
lift_to_drag_ratio <br/> | |||
limit_mass (IML) <br/> | |||
loss_current <br/> | |||
loss_rate <br/> | |||
loss_voltage <br/> | |||
lowering_rate (IML) <br/> | |||
magnification_factor (see reduction_factor & scale_factor)<br/> | magnification_factor (see reduction_factor & scale_factor)<br/> | ||
manufacture_date<br/> | manufacture_date<br/> | ||
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melting_ratio (in metallurgy)<br/> | melting_ratio (in metallurgy)<br/> | ||
(melting_point_temperature or melt_temperature ????)<br/> | (melting_point_temperature or melt_temperature ????)<br/> | ||
migration_distance <br/> | |||
migration_rate<br/> | migration_rate<br/> | ||
migration_time <br/> | |||
miss_rate<br/> | miss_rate<br/> | ||
mixing_length<br/> | mixing_length<br/> | ||
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nutation_frequency<br/> | nutation_frequency<br/> | ||
nutation_rate<br/> | nutation_rate<br/> | ||
occurrence_rate<br/> | occurrence_rate <br/> | ||
opening_angle <br/> | |||
opposing_force<br/> | opposing_force<br/> | ||
origin_time (origination ??) #####<br/> | origin_time (origination ??) #####<br/> | ||
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outflow_rate (IML)<br/> | outflow_rate (IML)<br/> | ||
ovulation_date (IML)<br/> | ovulation_date (IML)<br/> | ||
packing_factor <br/> | |||
partition_coefficient (IML)<br/> | partition_coefficient (IML)<br/> | ||
partition_constant<br/> | partition_constant<br/> | ||
partition_ratio (preferred over partition_coefficient by IUPAC)<br/> | partition_ratio (preferred over partition_coefficient by IUPAC)<br/> | ||
peaking_time<br/> | payment_date <br/> | ||
penetration_depth<br/> | payout_date <br/> | ||
perfusion_coefficient<br/> | peaking_time <br/> | ||
perfusion_index<br/> | penetration_depth <br/> | ||
perfusion_rate<br/> | perfusion_coefficient <br/> | ||
perfusion_ratio<br/> | perfusion_index <br/> | ||
perturbation_parameter<br/> | perfusion_rate <br/> | ||
pitch_angle<br/> | perfusion_ratio <br/> | ||
planting_time<br/> | persistence_length <br/> | ||
polarization_angle<br/> | persistence_time <br/> | ||
ponding_time (IML)<br/> | perturbation_parameter <br/> | ||
precession_period (IML)<br/> | pitch_angle <br/> | ||
precession_rate (IML)<br/> | planting_time <br/> | ||
precipitation_duration (IML)<br/> | plunge_angle <br/> | ||
(precipitation_frequency ??)<br/> | polarization_angle <br/> | ||
precipitation_rate (IML)<br/> | pollination_efficiency <br/> | ||
preparation_time<br/> | ponding_depth <br/> | ||
pressing_ratio<br/> | ponding_time (IML ) <br/> | ||
pressure_ratio<br/> | precession_period (IML) <br/> | ||
prevention_rate<br/> | precession_rate (IML) <br/> | ||
precipitation_duration (IML) <br/> | |||
(precipitation_frequency ??) <br/> | |||
precipitation_period <br/> | |||
precipitation_rate (IML) <br/> | |||
preparation_time <br/> | |||
pressing_ratio <br/> | |||
pressure_ratio <br/> | |||
prevention_rate <br/> | |||
probing_depth (in dentistry)<br/> | probing_depth (in dentistry)<br/> | ||
processing_fee<br/> | processing_fee<br/> | ||
processing_rate<br/> | processing_rate<br/> | ||
production_rate<br/> | production_rate<br/> | ||
projection_angle <br/> | |||
progradation_rate<br/> | progradation_rate<br/> | ||
propagation_frequency<br/> | propagation_frequency<br/> | ||
propulsion_force<br/> | propulsion_force<br/> | ||
protection_factor (IML)<br/> | protection_factor (IML)<br/> | ||
pull_altitude (for skydivers) <br/> | |||
pulse_rate<br/> | pulse_rate<br/> | ||
pumping_rate<br/> | pumping_rate<br/> | ||
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purchase_date<br/> | purchase_date<br/> | ||
purchase_price<br/> | purchase_price<br/> | ||
quarantine_period<br/> | quarantine_period <br/> | ||
race_distance <br/> | |||
race_duration <br/> | |||
race_length <br/> | |||
race_time <br/> | |||
radiation_flux (IML)<br/> | radiation_flux (IML)<br/> | ||
radiation_frequency (IML)<br/> | radiation_frequency (IML) <br/> | ||
radiation_intensity (IML)<br/> | radiation_intensity (IML)<br/> | ||
radiation_wavelength (IML)<br/> | radiation_length <br/> | ||
radiation_wavelength (IML) <br/> | |||
rake_angle (raking)<br/> | rake_angle (raking)<br/> | ||
rating_coefficient<br/> | ranging_area (of animals) <br/> | ||
reaction_time<br/> | rating_coefficient <br/> | ||
reaeration_capacity<br/> | reaction_time <br/> | ||
reaeration_coefficient<br/> | reaeration_capacity <br/> | ||
recession_depth (in dentistry)<br/> | reaeration_coefficient <br/> | ||
rebound_hardness <br/> | |||
recession_coefficient <br/> | |||
recession_depth (in dentistry) <br/> | |||
recharge_rate (IML)<br/> | recharge_rate (IML)<br/> | ||
recirculation_rate<br/> | recirculation_rate<br/> | ||
recline_angle <br/> | |||
recovery_rate<br/> | recovery_rate<br/> | ||
reduction_factor<br/> | reduction_factor<br/> | ||
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regression_constant <br/> | regression_constant <br/> | ||
rejection_rate<br/> | rejection_rate<br/> | ||
relaxation_rate <br/> | |||
relaxation_time <br/> | relaxation_time <br/> | ||
release_energy (IML)<br/> | release_energy (IML)<br/> | ||
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reproduction_rate<br/> | reproduction_rate<br/> | ||
residence_time<br/> | residence_time<br/> | ||
resisting_force (or resistance_force) <br/> | |||
resonance_frequency<br/> | resonance_frequency<br/> | ||
response_rate<br/> | response_rate<br/> | ||
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return_period (IML)<br/> | return_period (IML)<br/> | ||
return_time<br/> | return_time<br/> | ||
ride_height (also called "clearance_height") <br/> | |||
ripening_factor <br/> | |||
ripple_current <br/> | |||
rise_coefficient<br/> | rise_coefficient<br/> | ||
rise_rate (e.g. sea level)<br/> | rise_rate (e.g. sea level)<br/> | ||
rise_time (IML)<br/> | rise_time (IML)<br/> | ||
risk_factor <br/> | |||
roll_angle<br/> | roll_angle<br/> | ||
rolling_resistance<br/> | |||
rotation_angle<br/> | rotation_angle<br/> | ||
rotation_period (IML)<br/> | rotation_period (IML)<br/> | ||
rotation_rate (IML)<br/> | rotation_rate (IML)<br/> | ||
routing_number<br/> | routing_number<br/> | ||
running_distance <br/> | |||
runoff_rate ???<br/> | runoff_rate ???<br/> | ||
rupture_area<br/> | rupture_area<br/> | ||
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scanning_rate (e.g. of a microscope or satellite)<br/> | scanning_rate (e.g. of a microscope or satellite)<br/> | ||
scattering_angle<br/> | scattering_angle<br/> | ||
scavenging_rate<br/> | scavenging_rate <br/> | ||
scintillation_rate<br/> | scintillation_rate <br/> | ||
screening_length<br/> | scratch_hardness <br/> | ||
search_radius<br/> | screening_length <br/> | ||
seepage_rate | search_radius <br/> | ||
selling_price<br/> | seating_capacity <br/> | ||
separation_period<br/> | seepage_rate <br/> | ||
separation_time<br/> | selling_price <br/> | ||
send_date <br/> | |||
separation_distance <br/> | |||
separation_period <br/> | |||
separation_time <br/> | |||
set_time (or setting_time ??) ######<br/> | set_time (or setting_time ??) ######<br/> | ||
settling_speed (IML)<br/> | settling_speed (IML) <br/> | ||
shaping_time<br/> | shaking_amplitude <br/> | ||
shear_stress (IML)<br/> | shaping_time <br/> | ||
shear_viscosity (IML)<br/> | shear_stress (IML) <br/> | ||
(shock_angle ??)<br/> | shear_viscosity (IML) <br/> | ||
shunting_ratio<br/> | shipping_address <br/> (even though an address isn't just a number) | ||
sideslip_angle<br/> | (shock_angle ??) <br/> | ||
sighting_rate<br/> | shunt_impedance <br/> (also shunting_impedance) | ||
silting_rate<br/> | shunting_ratio <br/> | ||
sinking_rate<br/> | sideslip_angle <br/> | ||
sleeping_period<br/> | sighting_angle <br/> | ||
sliding_speed (IML)<br/> | sighting_distance <br/> | ||
splitting_parameter<br/> | sighting_rate <br/> | ||
spreading_rate<br/> | silting_rate <br/> | ||
sinking_rate <br/> | |||
sleeping_period <br/> | |||
sliding_speed (IML) <br/> | |||
slip_angle (in geology)<br/> | |||
splitting_parameter <br/> | |||
spreading_angle <br/> | |||
spreading_rate <br/> | |||
sprouting_time ######<br/> | sprouting_time ######<br/> | ||
staging_period<br/> | stacking_height <br/> | ||
stagnation_pressure<br/> | staging_area <br/> | ||
start_time (IML)<br/> | staging_period <br/> | ||
staging_ratio <br> | |||
staging_time <br/> | |||
stagnation_pressure <br/> | |||
start_time (IML) <br/> | |||
starvation_period (or starvation_time)<br/> | starvation_period (or starvation_time)<br/> | ||
steering_angle<br/> | steering_angle<br/> | ||
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stopping_distance<br/> | stopping_distance<br/> | ||
stopping_time<br/> | stopping_time<br/> | ||
storage_capacity<br/> | storage_capacity <br/> | ||
storage_density <br/> (for computer memory) | |||
strain_rate (same as deformation_rate ??) #######<br/> | strain_rate (same as deformation_rate ??) #######<br/> | ||
strike_angle (in geology)<br/> | strike_angle (in geology)<br/> | ||
striking_distance<br/> | striking_distance<br/> | ||
strobing_frequency <br/> | strobing_frequency <br/> | ||
stroke_length <br/> | |||
stroke_ratio <br/> | |||
success_rate #### succeeding<br/> | success_rate #### succeeding<br/> | ||
sunshine_duration (IML)<br/> | sunshine_duration (IML)<br/> | ||
suppression_rate<br/> | suppression_rate<br/> | ||
surge_height <br/> | |||
survival_rate<br/> | survival_rate<br/> | ||
switching_frequency<br/> | switching_frequency<br/> | ||
switching_time<br/> | switching_time<br/> | ||
takeoff_angle <br/> | |||
takeoff_distance <br/> | |||
takeoff_speed <br/> | |||
tax_rate (tax or taxation)<br/> | tax_rate (tax or taxation)<br/> | ||
thaw_depth (IML)<br/> | thaw_depth (IML)<br/> | ||
thaw_rate (IML)<br/> | thaw_rate (IML) <br/> | ||
tilt_angle (IML)<br/> | thrust_force <br/> | ||
tilt_angle (IML) <br/> | |||
torsion_angle<br/> | torsion_angle<br/> | ||
tracking_angle<br/> | |||
transfer_coefficient<br/> | transfer_coefficient<br/> | ||
transit_duration<br/> | transit_duration<br/> | ||
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trapping_efficiency<br/> | trapping_efficiency<br/> | ||
travel_time (IML)<br/> | travel_time (IML)<br/> | ||
treatment_rate<br/> | treatment_rate <br/> | ||
trial_period<br/> | trial_period <br/> | ||
tuning_frequency<br/> | triggering_voltage <br/> | ||
tunneling_current<br/> | tuning_frequency <br/> | ||
tunneling_current <br/> | |||
tunneling_rate<br/> | tunneling_rate<br/> | ||
turning_angle <br/> | |||
turning_number<br/> | turning_number<br/> | ||
turning_radius (IML)<br/> | turning_radius (IML)<br/> | ||
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turnover_time<br/> | turnover_time<br/> | ||
twisting_number<br/> | twisting_number<br/> | ||
twist_rate <br/> | |||
uplift_rate (IML)<br/> | uplift_rate (IML)<br/> | ||
uptake_rate<br/> | uptake_rate<br/> | ||
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vaporization_rate<br/> | vaporization_rate<br/> | ||
(vaporization_specific_latent_heat ???)<br/> | (vaporization_specific_latent_heat ???)<br/> | ||
variation_coefficient (also called coefficient of variation)<br/> | variation_coefficient (also called coefficient of variation) <br/> | ||
vibration_frequency <br/> | vibration_frequency <br/> | ||
viewing_angle<br/> | viewing_angle <br/> | ||
waiting_period<br/> | viewing_distance (e.g. for TVs)<br/> | ||
warming_rate<br/> | waiting_period <br/> | ||
warning_time<br/> | walking_distance <br/> | ||
wasting_rate (in geology)<br/> | warming_rate <br/> | ||
watering_frequency<br/> | warning_time <br/> | ||
wasting_rate (in geology) <br/> | |||
watering_frequency <br/> | |||
watering_time<br/> | watering_time<br/> | ||
weathering_rate<br/> | weathering_rate <br/> | ||
(wetting_front_depth ??)<br/> | (wetting_front_depth ??)<br/> | ||
wicking_distance<br/> | wicking_distance<br/> | ||
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winding_number<br/> | winding_number<br/> | ||
wiping_frequency<br/> | wiping_frequency<br/> | ||
(wilting_point_pressure_head | (wilting_point_pressure_head) <br/> | ||
(wilting_point_volume_fraction) <br/> | |||
withering_rate<br/> | withering_rate<br/> | ||
yaw_angle<br/> | yaw_angle<br/> |
Latest revision as of 00:13, 2 June 2015
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
creepage_length
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
rolling_resistance
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 ??)