diff --git a/avaframe/com1DFA/com1DFA.py b/avaframe/com1DFA/com1DFA.py
index 85a6cf81d..15c615a6c 100644
--- a/avaframe/com1DFA/com1DFA.py
+++ b/avaframe/com1DFA/com1DFA.py
@@ -2885,59 +2885,9 @@ def savePartToPickle(dictList, outDir, logName, cfg=""):
         if empty str all particle properties are saved, t (time info) always appended
     """
 
-    dictKeys = [
-        "nPart",
-        "x",
-        "y",
-        "trajectoryLengthXY",
-        "trajectoryLengthXYCor",
-        "trajectoryLengthXYZ",
-        "z",
-        "m",
-        "dmDet",
-        "massPerPart",
-        "nPPK",
-        "mTot",
-        "h",
-        "ux",
-        "uy",
-        "uz",
-        "uAcc",
-        "stoppCriteria",
-        "kineticEne",
-        "trajectoryAngle",
-        "potentialEne",
-        "peakKinEne",
-        "peakMassFlowing",
-        "simName",
-        "xllcenter",
-        "yllcenter",
-        "ID",
-        "nID",
-        "parentID",
-        "t",
-        "inCellDEM",
-        "indXDEM",
-        "indYDEM",
-        "indPartInCell",
-        "partInCell",
-        "secondaryReleaseInfo",
-        "iterate",
-        "idFixed",
-        "peakForceSPH",
-        "forceSPHIni",
-        "totalEnthalpy",
-        "velocityMag",
-        "nExitedParticles",
-        "tPlot",
-        "dmEnt",
-        "stoppedParticles",
-        "massInitialized",
-        "massEntrained",
-        "massDetrained",
-        "massStopped",
-    ]
-
+    # fetch all available particleProperties
+    dictKeys = pI.fetchAvailableParticleProperties()
+    # filter if desired properties are available
     propertiesFilter = _buildParticlePropertiesFilter(cfg, dictKeys)
 
     dicts = dictList if isinstance(dictList, list) else [dictList]
diff --git a/avaframe/com1DFA/particleInitialisation.py b/avaframe/com1DFA/particleInitialisation.py
index 9d67616e5..90a67bd9a 100644
--- a/avaframe/com1DFA/particleInitialisation.py
+++ b/avaframe/com1DFA/particleInitialisation.py
@@ -269,3 +269,68 @@ def createReleaseBuffer(cfg, inputSimLines):
         debPlot.plotBufferRelease(inputSimLines, xBuffered, yBuffered)
 
     return inputSimLines
+
+
+def fetchAvailableParticleProperties():
+    """ fetch all available particle properties
+
+    Returns
+    --------
+    particleProperties: list
+        list of all available particle properties
+    """
+
+    particleProperties = [
+        "nPart",
+        "x",
+        "y",
+        "trajectoryLengthXY",
+        "trajectoryLengthXYCor",
+        "trajectoryLengthXYZ",
+        "z",
+        "m",
+        "dmDet",
+        "massPerPart",
+        "nPPK",
+        "mTot",
+        "h",
+        "ux",
+        "uy",
+        "uz",
+        "uAcc",
+        "stoppCriteria",
+        "kineticEne",
+        "trajectoryAngle",
+        "potentialEne",
+        "peakKinEne",
+        "peakMassFlowing",
+        "simName",
+        "xllcenter",
+        "yllcenter",
+        "ID",
+        "nID",
+        "parentID",
+        "t",
+        "inCellDEM",
+        "indXDEM",
+        "indYDEM",
+        "indPartInCell",
+        "partInCell",
+        "secondaryReleaseInfo",
+        "iterate",
+        "idFixed",
+        "peakForceSPH",
+        "forceSPHIni",
+        "totalEnthalpy",
+        "velocityMag",
+        "nExitedParticles",
+        "tPlot",
+        "dmEnt",
+        "stoppedParticles",
+        "massInitialized",
+        "massEntrained",
+        "massDetrained",
+        "massStopped",
+    ]
+
+    return particleProperties
diff --git a/avaframe/tests/test_com1DFA.py b/avaframe/tests/test_com1DFA.py
index 49854b070..64cca3b46 100644
--- a/avaframe/tests/test_com1DFA.py
+++ b/avaframe/tests/test_com1DFA.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 from avaframe.in3Utils import cfgUtils
 import avaframe.in3Utils.geoTrans as geoTrans
 import avaframe.com1DFA.DFAtools as DFAtls
-
+import avaframe.com1DFA.particleInitialisation as pI
 
 def test_prepareInputData(tmp_path):
     """test preparing input data"""
@@ -1520,58 +1520,7 @@ def test_initializeParticles():
     releaseLine["header"]["xllcenter"] = dem["originalHeader"]["xllcenter"]
     releaseLine["header"]["yllcenter"] = dem["originalHeader"]["yllcenter"]
 
-    dictKeys = [
-        "nPart",
-        "x",
-        "y",
-        "trajectoryLengthXY",
-        "trajectoryLengthXYCor",
-        "trajectoryLengthXYZ",
-        "z",
-        "m",
-        "dmDet",
-        "massPerPart",
-        "nPPK",
-        "mTot",
-        "h",
-        "ux",
-        "uy",
-        "uz",
-        "uAcc",
-        "stoppCriteria",
-        "kineticEne",
-        "trajectoryAngle",
-        "potentialEne",
-        "peakKinEne",
-        "peakMassFlowing",
-        "simName",
-        "xllcenter",
-        "yllcenter",
-        "ID",
-        "nID",
-        "parentID",
-        "t",
-        "inCellDEM",
-        "indXDEM",
-        "indYDEM",
-        "indPartInCell",
-        "partInCell",
-        "secondaryReleaseInfo",
-        "iterate",
-        "idFixed",
-        "peakForceSPH",
-        "forceSPHIni",
-        "totalEnthalpy",
-        "velocityMag",
-        "nExitedParticles",
-        "tPlot",
-        "dmEnt",
-        "stoppedParticles",
-        "massInitialized",
-        "massEntrained",
-        "massDetrained",
-        "massStopped",
-    ]
+    dictKeys = pI.fetchAvailableParticleProperties()
 
     # call function to be tested
     particles = com1DFA.initializeParticles(cfg["GENERAL"], releaseLine, dem)
diff --git a/docs/com1DFAAlgorithm.rst b/docs/com1DFAAlgorithm.rst
index 9cd97edec..4578b7cc9 100644
--- a/docs/com1DFAAlgorithm.rst
+++ b/docs/com1DFAAlgorithm.rst
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Other particles properties are also initialized here:
 
     - ``h`` - flow thickness [m]
 
-    - ``ux``, ``uy``, ``uz`` - velocity components [ms-1]
+    - ``ux``, ``uy``, ``uz`` ``velocityMag``- velocity components and magnitude [ms-1]
 
     - ``uAcc`` - approximation for particle acceleration between each computational time step (simply computed by (velocityMagnitude_t0 - velocityMagnitude_t1) / dt)
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Other particles properties are also initialized here:
 
     - ``trajectoryLengthXYZ`` - traveled length of a particle accumulated over time in xyz
 
-    - ``travelAngle`` - travel angle computed using arctan((z0-z)/trajectoryLengthXY)
+    - ``trajectoryAngle`` - travel angle computed using arctan((z0-z)/trajectoryLengthXY)
 
     - ``ID, parentID`` - particle IDs and parentID required if splitting, merging
 
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ Other particles properties are also initialized here:
 
     - ``stoppedParticles`` - dictionary with particles (containing x-, y-coordinates, mass and ID) that are stopped (velocity is zero) and deleted from the particles in each time step (only if ``adaptSfcStopped`` is set to ``1`` in the configuration file)
 
+    - additional properties used during computation or summary properties for all particles include: ``nPart``, ``massPerPart``, ``nPPK``, ``mTot``, ``stoppCriteria``, ``kineticEne``, ``potentialEne``, ``peakKinEne``, ``peakMassFlowing``, ``simName``, ``xllcenter``, ``yllcenter``, ``ID``, ``nID``, ``parentID``, ``t``, ``inCellDEM``,  ``indXDEM``, ``indYDEM``, ``indPartInCell``, ``partInCell``, ``secondaryReleaseInfo``,
+      ``iterate``, ``idFixed``, ``peakForceSPH``, ``forceSPHIni``, ``totalEnthalpy``, ``velocityMag``, ``nExitedParticles``, ``tPlot``, ``stoppedParticles``, ``massInitialized``, ``massEntrained``,
+      ``massDetrained``, ``massStopped``
+
 For more details, see :py:func:`com1DFA.com1DFA.initializeParticles`.
 
 Go back to :ref:`com1DFAAlgorithm:Algorithm graph`