CSN Process Quantity 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. 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: 
: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).
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* Process Names are generally nouns that are derived from verbs by changing the ending, but the ing ending is often dropped in this pattern.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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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 ??)