Table 6.6 -- EDCS Attributes whose label begins with C
| Label | Definition | Attribute value type | EQ label | Related concepts | Code |
| CAB_LENGTH | The length of the longer of two linear axes of the pedestal or cab. For a square object, measure either axis. For a round object, measure the diameter. | REAL | LENGTH | 138 | |
| CABLE_TYPE | The type of a cable. | ENUMERATION | 139 | ||
| CALENDAR_DATE | The calendar date; coded as specified by ISO 8601:1988, 5.2.1.1. | STRING | 140 | ||
| CALM_SEA_STATE_FRACTION | The fraction of sea state reports indicating calm sea state during the reporting time interval. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | 141 | |
| CAPACITY | The capacity of an object; coded using a structured text approach, e.g., "100(cars)[per hour]" where the unit is in parentheses ( ) and a unit qualifier is in brackets [ ]. | STRING | 142 | ||
| CASE_BURIAL | The fraction of an equipment case that is buried beneath the ground, or ocean bottom, surface. The following interpretations may be applied: 0/4: On-surface, 2/4: Half-buried; 4/4: Completely buried. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | 143 | |
| CAVOK | Indicates that CAVOK conditions prevail: (1) visibility is 10 kilometres or more; (2) there are no clouds below 1,5 kilometres or below the highest minimum sector altitude, whichever is greater; and (3) there are no cumulonimbus clouds, precipitation, thunderstorms, shallow fog, or low drifting snow present. | LOGICAL | 144 | ||
| CENTER_FREQUENCY_BAND | The centre frequency of a frequency band for which acoustic data were measured. | REAL | FREQUENCY | 145 | |
| CHANGE_POINT_TYPE | The category of an object associated with a point of change. | ENUMERATION | 146 | ||
| CHARGED_PARTICLE_SPECIES | The type of a charged particle. | ENUMERATION | 147 | ||
| CHEMICAL_AGENT_TYPE | The type of a chemical substance that can kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate a person or animal through its physiological properties. | ENUMERATION | 148 | ||
| CHEMICAL_CLOUD_CONC | The concentration of a chemical agent suspended in the atmosphere, e.g., as a cloud above the surface of an object such as the earth. | REAL | VOLUMIC_MASS | 149 | |
| CHEMICAL_SURFACE_CONC | The concentration of a chemical agent contained in a layer on the surface of an object. | REAL | SURFACE_DENSITY | 150 | |
| CLASSIFICATION_NAME | A character string representing an object, e.g., a grammalogue, index number, order or classification number. | KEY | 151 | ||
| CLOUD_BASE_ALTITUDE | The altitude of the lowest surface of a cloud, relative to a specified vertical datum. | REAL | LENGTH | 152 | |
| CLOUD_CEILING_ALTITUDE | The altitude above ground level of the lowest cloud or obscuring phenomena layer. | REAL | LENGTH | 153 | |
| CLOUD_CEILING_METHOD | The method used to determine the cloud ceiling. Ceiling is the altitude AGL of the lowest cloud or obscuring phenomena layer aloft with 5/8 or more summation total sky cover that may be predominantly opaque, or the vertical visibility into a surface-based obscuration. | ENUMERATION | 154 | ||
| CLOUD_CVRG_CFLOS_CLIM | The rate of historical total cloud coverage for a cloud free line of sight. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | EA HISTORICAL_CFLOS_CLIM | 155 |
| CLOUD_CVRG_TYPE_COUNT | The quantity of occurrences of specific types of clouds. | COUNT | 156 | ||
| CLOUD_PHASE | The liquid/solid disposition of the cloud water content. | ENUMERATION | 157 | ||
| CLOUD_THICKNESS | The vertical distance between the lowest surface of a cloud (base height or altitude) and the highest surface of that cloud (top height or altitude). | REAL | LENGTH | 158 | |
| CLOUD_TOP_AIR_TEMPERATURE | The air temperature at the cloud top. | REAL | THERMO_TEMPERATURE | 159 | |
| CLOUD_TOP_ALTITUDE | The altitude of the highest surface of a cloud, relative to a specified vertical datum. | REAL | LENGTH | 160 | |
| CLOUD_TYPE | The type of clouds that comprise a sky cover. | ENUMERATION | 161 | ||
| CLOUD_WATER_MIXING_RATIO | In a cloud, the ratio of the mass of cloud liquid water to the mass of dry air. | REAL | MASS_FRACTION | 162 | |
| COLLECTION_TYPE | The type of collection criteria. | ENUMERATION | 163 | ||
| COLOUR_INFORMATION | The textual description of unique aspects of buoy or beacon colouring. | STRING | 164 | ||
| COLOUR_INTENSITY | Identifies the intensity of colour. | ENUMERATION | 165 | ||
| COMBUSTION_INDUCED_FLAME | The fraction of maximum production rate of visible flame induced by combustion. The following interpretations may be applied: 1/4: Small, 2/4: Medium, 3/4: Large, 4/4: Maximum. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | 166 | |
| COMMUNICATION_CHANNEL | The channel representing the frequency assigned by the controlling authority. | STRING | 167 | ||
| COMMUNICATION_TYPE | The type of a communications structure such as a radio, television, radar, or repeater station. | ENUMERATION | 168 | ||
| COMPLEX_COMP_IDENTIFIER | The numeric identifier of a complex and/or component object; used for relating objects to each other. | INDEX | 169 | ||
| CONCEALMENT | The fraction of complete concealment of an object. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | 170 | |
| CONSPICUOUSNESS | The type of conspicuousness of an object. A conspicuous object is easily identifiable and plainly visible under varying conditions of light from harbours, approach channels, or offshore because of its size, shape, or height. | ENUMERATION | 171 | ||
| CONSTRICTION_TYPE | The type of a constriction or expansion. | ENUMERATION | 172 | ||
| CONSTRUCTION_COMPLETION | The degree to which the man-made object under construction has been completed. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | 173 | |
| CONTOUR_INTERVAL_RELATION | Identifies whether the predominant height or depth is greater than (or equal to), or less than the contour interval. | ENUMERATION | 174 | ||
| CONTOUR_TYPE | The type of a contour. | ENUMERATION | 175 | ||
| CONTRAIL_LAYER_BASE_ALT | The altitude, relative to MSL, of the bottom of a layer in the atmosphere where contrail formation is probable. | REAL | LENGTH | 176 | |
| CONTRAIL_LAYER_TOP_ALT | The altitude, relative to MSL, of the top of a layer in the atmosphere where contrail formation is probable. | REAL | LENGTH | 177 | |
| CONTRAIL_PERSISTENCE | The persistence status of contrails (a visible trail of streaks of condensed water vapour or ice crystals sometimes forming in the wake of an aircraft). | ENUMERATION | 178 | ||
| CONTROL_POINT_TYPE | The type of a control point. | ENUMERATION | 179 | ||
| CONVECTION_COEFFICIENT | The ratio of convective heat flux density through a surface boundary to the temperature gradient across that boundary. | REAL | COEFFICIENT_HEAT_TRANSFER | 180 | |
| CONVECTIVE_CLOUD_CVRG | The fraction of the celestial dome that is covered by convective clouds, as observed by a ground observer. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | 181 | |
| COVERAGE | The type of mixture of environmental objects that have been grouped. | ENUMERATION | EA SOURCE | 182 | |
| COVERED_DRAIN | Indicates that an artificial or improved natural drainage way is completely covered over, and connects open drainage ways at each end. | LOGICAL | 183 | ||
| COVERED_DRAIN_LENGTH | The length of the covered portion of a drainage way. | REAL | LENGTH | 184 | |
| CRANE_MOBILITY_TYPE | The type of mobility of a crane. | ENUMERATION | EA CRANE_TYPE | 185 | |
| CRANE_TYPE | The type of a crane. | ENUMERATION | 186 | ||
| CRITICAL_LAYER_ALTITUDE_E | The altitude of the E ionospheric layer of free electrons. | REAL | LENGTH | 187 | |
| CRITICAL_LAYER_ALTITUDE_F1 | The altitude of the F1 ionospheric layer of free electrons. | REAL | LENGTH | 188 | |
| CRITICAL_LAYER_ALTITUDE_F2 | The altitude of the F2 ionospheric layer of free electrons. | REAL | LENGTH | 189 | |
| CRITICAL_LAYER_FREQUENCY_E | The minimum radio frequency that begins to be reflected by the E ionospheric layer of free electrons. | REAL | FREQUENCY | 190 | |
| CRITICAL_LAYER_FREQUENCY_F1 | The minimum radio frequency that begins to be reflected by the F1 ionospheric layer of free electrons. | REAL | FREQUENCY | 191 | |
| CRITICAL_LAYER_FREQUENCY_F2 | The minimum radio frequency that begins to be reflected by the F2 ionospheric layer of free electrons. | REAL | FREQUENCY | 192 | |
| CROSSING_CONTROL | The method of traffic control at a road crossing. | ENUMERATION | 193 | ||
| CROSSING_TYPE | The type of shape attributed to the crossing of two or more lines of communication. | ENUMERATION | 194 | ||
| CULTURAL_OBJECT_DENSITY | The coverage of buildings and other cultural objects measured by fraction within the delineated object's extent. | REAL | PURE_NUMBER | 195 | |
| CULVERT_TYPE | The type of a culvert, of which the two main ones are regular culverts and box culverts, either of which can be back-filled. | ENUMERATION | 196 | ||
| CUMULATIVE_TRACK_LENGTH | The total cumulative length of track contained within the confines of an object, exclusive of the branch or main trunk lines running into and/or out of the object. | REAL | LENGTH | 197 | |
| CURRENT_APPEARANCE_MONTH | The month of appearance of a current (horizontal movement of a body of water). | ENUMERATION | 198 | ||
| CURRENT_DIR_10HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) ten hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 199 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_11HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) eleven hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 200 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_1HR | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) one hour after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 201 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_1HR_ATREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) one hour after tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 202 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_1HR_BTREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) one hour before the tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 203 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_2HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) two hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 204 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_2HRS_ATREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) two hours after tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 205 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_2HRS_BTREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) two hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 206 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_3HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) three hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 207 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_3HRS_ATREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) three hours after tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 208 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_3HRS_BTREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) three hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 209 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_4HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) four hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 210 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_4HRS_ATREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) four hours after tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 211 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_4HRS_BTREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) four hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 212 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_5HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) five hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 213 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_5HRS_ATREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) five hours after tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 214 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_5HRS_BTREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) five hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 215 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_6HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) six hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 216 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_6HRS_ATREFLVL | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) six hours after tide reference level. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 217 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_7HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) seven hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 218 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_8HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) eight hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 219 | |
| CURRENT_DIR_9HRS | The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the direction of water flow (current) nine hours after high water. | REAL | PLANE_ANGLE | 220 | |
| CURRENT_DISAPPEARANCE_MONTH | The month of disappearance of a current (horizontal movement of a body of water), if different from the month of appearance of the current. | ENUMERATION | EA CURRENT_APPEARANCE_MONTH | 221 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_10HRS | The rate of water flow (current) ten hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 222 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_11HRS | The rate of water flow (current) eleven hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 223 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_1HR | The rate of water flow (current) one hour after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 224 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_1HR_ATREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) one hour after tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 225 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_1HR_BTREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) one hour before the tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 226 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_2HRS | The rate of water flow (current) two hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 227 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_2HRS_ATREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) two hours after tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 228 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_2HRS_BTREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) two hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 229 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_3HRS | The rate of water flow (current) three hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 230 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_3HRS_ATREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) three hours after tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 231 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_3HRS_BTREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) three hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 232 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_4HRS | The rate of water flow (current) four hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 233 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_4HRS_ATREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) four hours after tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 234 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_4HRS_BTREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) four hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 235 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_5HRS | The rate of water flow (current) five hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 236 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_5HRS_ATREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) five hours after tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 237 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_5HRS_BTREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) five hours before the tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 238 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_6HRS | The rate of water flow (current) six hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 239 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_6HRS_ATREFLVL | The rate of water flow (current) six hours after tide reference level. | REAL | VELOCITY | 240 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_7HRS | The rate of water flow (current) seven hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 241 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_8HRS | The rate of water flow (current) eight hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 242 | |
| CURRENT_RATE_9HRS | The rate of water flow (current) nine hours after high water. | REAL | VELOCITY | 243 | |
| CYCLE_DATE | The calendar period in which the airport or runway data was added to airport maintenance records or last revised. The first four digits indicate the year, the last two digits indicate the 28 day cycle in which the addition or change was made. | STRING | 244 |