CSDMS Standard Names — Standard Name Examples (Version 0.7.1)

(last updated: 2013-03-20)

Following is a list of standard names, many of which are currently being used by CSDMS models. Following this list are the corresponding, separate lists of objects quantities, and operators.

Please note this is an early list and some of these names may change without notice.

Names

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channel_centerline_to_straight_line channel_centerline_to_valley_centerline channel_cross_section channel_cross_section_trapezoid channel_cross_section_water channel_inflow_end channel_inflow_end_to_outflow_end channel_inflow_end_watershed channel_outflow_end channel_outflow_end_bed_load_sediment channel_outflow_end_suspended_load channel_outflow_end_suspended_load_sediment channel_outflow_end_suspended_sediment channel_outflow_end_water channel_water channel_water_surface channel_water_suspended_sediment channel_water_total_sediment chicken_pox chlorine_electron chlorine_radicals_as_chlorine_in_air coal convection_diffusion_equation crater_circle denver_horizon_mars denver_viewing_mars diatoms_as_carbon_in_sea_water diatoms_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water diatoms_as_nitrogen_in_sea_water diethyl_ether_in_water domain_boundary dry_land dry_wood earth earth_atmosphere earth_axis earth_ellipsoid earth_human earth_mean_solar_day earth_orbit earth_sidereal_day earth_stellar_day earth_surface_land_covered earth_surface_mars earth_surface_sun earth_surface_venus earth_surface_water_covered earth_to_mars earth_to_sun earthquake earthquake_epicenter earthquake_p_wave earthquake_s_wave ecosystem electric_appliance electric_fence electron empire_state_building ethanol_in_water flood friedmann_universe fuel_to_oxidizer gas glacier glacier_ablation_zone glacier_accumulation_zone glacier_bed glacier_bed_surface glacier_equilibrium_line glacier_surface glacier_terminus glacier_terminus_left_side glacier_terminus_right_side glacier_top glacier_top_surface gm_hummer gm_hummer_engine gm_hummer_fuel gm_hummer_gas_tank ground_water_table ground_water_table_surface heat_equation helium_plume_in_air human human_alcohol human_blood_platelet human_blood_red_cell human_blood_white_cell human_eye_photon human_hair hydrogen_radicals_as_hydrogen_in_air hydrogen_to_oxygen hydrometeor ice image incandescent_light_bulb iron iron_atom lake_surface lake_water land_agricultural_portion 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paper particle particle_to_sea_floor peano_curve physics pipe_water poisson_equation polymer polynomial pump railway_curve river_mouth river_mouth_bed_load_sediment river_mouth_event rocket_payload rocket_propellant rooted_tree_graph rubber_on_concrete rubber_on_pavement salt_in_water sea_floor sea_floor_bedrock_surface sea_floor_sediment sea_floor_sediment_clay sea_floor_sediment_grain sea_floor_sediment_model_grain_class_0 sea_floor_sediment_mud sea_floor_sediment_sand sea_floor_sediment_silt sea_floor_surface sea_floor_water sea_ice sea_surface sea_surface_air sea_water sea_water_diatoms_as_carbon sea_water_diatoms_as_chlorophyll sea_water_diatoms_as_nitrogen sea_water_surface sea_water_surface_wave sea_water_surface_wave_crestline sea_water_suspended_sediment sea_water_to_sediment sediment sediment_grain sediment_in_water ship sierpinski_gasket sine_wave skydiver snow snow_grain soil soil_active_zone soil_air soil_capillary soil_clay soil_frozen_water soil_layer soil_loam 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absorbed_shortwave_irradiation_flux actual_bond_angle affinity age air_dried_pressure_head albedo altitude amplitude area area_fraction aspect_angle aspect_ratio avogadro_constant backscattered_shortwave_irradiation_flux bank_angle bankfull_width bankfull_width_to_depth_ratio baseflow_emergence_rate baseflow_seepage_rate bed_roughness_length_to_water_depth_ratio beer_lambert_attenuation_coefficient binomial_coefficient body_force_term boiling_point_temperature boltzmann_constant bond_angle bond_dissociation_energy bond_energy bond_length bottom_width brain_to_body_mass_ratio brooks_corey_b_parameter brooks_corey_conductivity_exponent brooks_corey_eta_parameter brooks_corey_lambda_parameter brooks_corey_pore_size_distribution_parameter brooks_corey_smith_c_parameter brooks_corey_smith_pressure_head_offset brooks_corey_smith_pressure_head_offset_parameter brunt_vaisala_frequency brutsaert_emissivity_canopy_factor brutsaert_emissivity_cloud_factor bubble_point_temperature bubbling_pressure_head bulk_density bulk_modulus calving_rate carrying_capacity catalan_constant center_latitude center_longitude chaitin_constant chandrasekhar_limit_mass characteristic_emission_frequency charge_to_mass_ratio chemical_affinity circulation cold_content column_count column_number conduction_energy_flux consumption_rate contributing_area convection_term convective_acceleration_term conway_constant coriolis_parameter cosmic_background_radiation_frequency cosmological_constant coulomb_constant count courant_number crest_factor critical_density cross_stream_slope cumulative_infiltrated_depth cunningham_correction_factor d50_diameter d84_diameter d8_flow_length d8_flow_width d8_slope d8_total_contributing_area d_infinity_slope d_infinity_total_contributing_area darcy_friction_factor darcy_velocity degree_day_coefficient degree_day_threshold_temperature density depth depth_and_bed_slope_product depth_ratio detection_number dew_point_temperature diameter dielectric_constant diffuse_shortwave_irradiation_flux diffusion_coefficient diffusion_term diffusivity direct_shortwave_irradiation_flux discharge discharge_law_area_exponent discharge_law_coefficient discharge_law_slope_exponent distance diversity_index downstream_hydraulic_geometry_depth_vs_discharge_exponent downstream_hydraulic_geometry_slope_vs_discharge_coefficient downstream_slope downward_longwave_radiation_flux downward_shortwave_irradiation_flux downward_volume_flux drag_coefficient drainage_density duration dynamic_shear_viscosity dynamic_volume_viscosity e_constant east_edge_longitude eccentricity economy eddy_viscosity effective_hydraulic_conductivity effective_saturated_hydraulic_conductivity effective_saturation electric_charge electrical_conductivity elevation elevation_difference elevation_increment emissivity equatorial_radius equivalence_ratio erosion_rate escape_speed euler_gamma_constant evaporation_rate expected_return_period extensional_viscosity extent fall_speed fanning_friction_factor feigenbaum_alpha_constant feigenbaum_delta_constant field_capacity_pressure_head field_capacity_volume_fraction field_capacity_water_content fine_structure_constant flattening_ratio flint_law_coefficient flint_law_exponent flint_law_slope_vs_area_exponent flow_speed flow_velocity freeze_depth freezing_point_temperature frequency friction_factor from_direction frost_point_temperature froude_number fuel_economy fusion_specific_latent_heat gibbs_free_energy glen_law_coefficient glen_law_exponent glen_law_parameter glen_law_strain_rate_vs_shear_stress_exponent golden_ratio_constant googol_constant green_ampt_capillary_length green_ampt_capillary_length_scale hack_law_coefficient hack_law_exponent hack_law_main_channel_length_vs_area_exponent hausdorff_dimension hearing_frequency height hooke_law_coefficient howard_law_area_exponent howard_law_coefficient howard_law_slope_exponent hydraulic_conductivity hydraulic_geometry_depth_vs_discharge_exponent hydraulic_geometry_slope_vs_discharge_coefficient hydraulic_geometry_width_vs_discharge_exponent hydraulic_head hydraulic_radius hydrogen_number hydrostatic_pressure hygroscopic_pressure_head hygroscopic_volume_fraction hygroscopic_water_content ideal_bond_angle ideal_gas_constant identification_number inclination_angle incubation_period infiltrability infiltration_rate initial_depth initial_elevation initial_hydraulic_conductivity initial_liquid_equivalent_depth initial_volume_fraction initial_water_content internal_temperature inverse_flattening_ratio khinchin_constant kinematic_shear_viscosity kinematic_volume_viscosity kinetic_energy kinetic_friction_coefficient laplacian_curvature laplacian_term latent_heat_flux latitude leading_coefficient length length_ratio length_scale lift_coefficient light_speed_constant liquid_equivalent_depth liquid_equivalent_precipitation_rate local_rise_time local_set_time location_model_x_component location_model_y_component longitude longwave_irradiation_flux longwave_radiation_flux lowering_rate mach_number manning_coefficient mass mass_bulk_exchange_coefficient mass_concentration mass_content mass_density mass_flow_rate mass_fraction mass_number mass_outflow_rate mass_ratio mass_to_charge_ratio max_life_span mean_curvature mean_depth mean_diameter mean_distance mean_duration_since_deposition mean_height meander_amplitude meander_curvature_radius meander_wavelength melt_rate melting_point_temperature mercali_intensity minimum_radius model_from_direction_asymmetry_constant model_from_direction_highness_constant moisture_index molar_concentration moment_magnitude net_irradiation_flux net_latent_heat_flux net_longwave_irradiation_flux net_longwave_radiation_flux net_shortwave_irradiation_flux net_shortwave_radiation_flux neutral_bulk_exchange_coefficient neutron_number normalized_hydraulic_conductivity normalized_volume_fraction normalized_water_content north_edge_latitude number optical_path_length_ratio oven_dried_pressure_head partial_pressure perimeter period permeability pfafstetter_code ph pi_constant plan_curvature planck_constant poisson_ratio polar_radius ponding_time porosity postal_code potential_energy potential_infiltration_rate power precession_period precession_rate precipitable_depth precipitation_duration precipitation_rate pressure pressure_gradient_term pressure_head profile_curvature protection_factor proton_number pythagoras_constant q_factor radiation_intensity radius recharge_rate reference_depth_temperature reference_height_speed reference_pressure reference_temperature reflected_shortwave_irradiation_flux relative_atomic_mass relative_humidity relative_hydraulic_conductivity relative_roughness_ratio relative_saturation relativistic_mass release_energy residual_volume_fraction residual_water_content rest_mass retreat_rate reynolds_number richardson_number richter_magnitude rise_time rotation_period rotation_rate roughness_length row_count row_major_index row_number run_time runoff_rate rydberg_constant saturated_hydraulic_conductivity saturated_partial_pressure saturated_volume_fraction saturated_water_content schwarzchild_radius secchi_depth sensible_heat_flux settling_speed shear_stress shields_critical_shear_stress shields_parameter shortwave_irradiation_flux sidereal_day sidereal_period sierpinski_constant size sliding_speed slope slope_angle smith_parlange_gamma_parameter solar_constant solar_irradiation_constant solubility sorptivity source_term south_edge_latitude span specific_contributing_area specific_permeability specific_thermal_capacity speed speed_reference_height standard_gravity_constant standard_refraction_index start_time static_friction_coefficient static_relative_permittivity station_hydraulic_geometry_width_vs_discharge_exponent stefan_boltzmann_constant stop_time stp_density straight_distance straight_sinuosity streamline_curvature stress sunshine_duration synodic_period tangential_curvature temperature temperature_lapse_rate temperature_reference_depth terminal_fall_speed terminal_speed thaw_depth thermal_bulk_exchange_coefficient thermal_capacity thermal_conductivity thermal_energy_content thermal_expansion_coefficient thickness thickness_increment tilt_angle time time_step tolman_oppenheimer_volkoff_limit_mass top_width topgraphic_index total_contributing_area transitional_brooks_corey_curvature_parameter transmittance_reduction transmitted_shortwave_irradiation_flux travel_time turning_radius twin_prime_constant unit_length_power unit_length_volume_inflow_rate unit_volume_count unit_width_discharge universal_gravitation_constant unsteady_acceleration_term uplift_rate upward_longwave_irradiation_flux usgs_hydrologic_unit_code valley_sinuosity van_genuchten_alpha_parameter van_genuchten_m_parameter van_genuchten_n_parameter vaporization_specific_latent_heat velocity viscosity_term void_ratio voltage volume volume_concentration volume_fraction volume_inflow_rate volume_outflow_rate von_karman_constant vorticity wavelength west_edge_longitude wetness_index wetted_area wetted_perimeter wetted_thickness wetting_front_depth width width_to_depth_ratio wilting_point_pressure_head wilting_point_volume_fraction wilting_point_water_content wolman_pebble_count x_gradient_component x_length y_gradient_component y_length yield young_modulus

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anomaly area_time_integral azimuth_angle curl downward_component downward_eastward_component downward_northward_component eastward_component eastward_downward_component gradient increment laplacian lower_limit magnitude max max_over_grid max_over_grid_and_time max_over_increment max_over_time mean_over_domain mean_over_increment min min_over_grid min_over_increment normal_component northward_component northward_downward_component one_day_time_integral opposite southward_component time time_derivative time_integral time_max time_min upper_limit upward_component westward_component x_component x_derivative x_z_component y_component y_derivative y_z_component z_component zenith_angle

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