Table 6.21 -- EDCS Attributes whose label begins with R

Label Definition Attribute value type EQ label Related concepts Code
RADAR_BEACON_FREQUENCY The specific frequency of a radar transponder beacon. REAL FREQUENCY   845
RADAR_CROSS_SECTION The power (or flux) reflected from an object toward the sensor per solid angle, divided by the incident power density times 4π. REAL AREA   846
RADAR_GROUND_CLUTTER The radar ground clutter expressed in average RCS per unit area of land. REAL PURE_NUMBER   847
RADAR_OCEAN_CLUTTER The radar ground clutter expressed in average RCS per unit area of ocean. REAL PURE_NUMBER   848
RADAR_REFLECTOR_ANGLE The horizontal angle, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the radar reflective side of an object. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   849
RADAR_REFLECTOR_PRESENT Indicates that the object has an associated radar reflector. LOGICAL     850
RADAR_SIGNIFICANCE_FACTOR The type of a man-made or natural object based on the object's predominant exposed surface material. ENUMERATION     851
RADAR_STATION_TYPE The type of a radar station. ENUMERATION     852
RADAR_TRANSPONDER_TYPE The type of a radar transponder beacon. ENUMERATION     853
RADIANCE The radiant power per unit source area per unit solid angle. Radiance may be qualified by other attributes, e.g., the electromagnetic band for which the value applies. REAL RADIANCE EA EM_BAND 854
RADIANCE_AZANG_GEODETIC The angle in the horizontal plane, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the projection of the radiance vector in the horizontal plane. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   855
RADIANCE_AZANG_LOCAL_NORMAL The angle in the plane perpendicular to the local normal, generally the local x-y plane that is perpendicular to the local z-axis, measured counter-clockwise from the azimuth reference vector, normally the local x-axis, to the projection of the radiance vector onto that plane. This attribute is generally used as a qualifier for other attributes, e.g., radiance as a function of angle. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   856
RADIANCE_ELANG_HORIZONTAL The angle in the vertical plane, measured from the horizontal plane, to the radiance vector. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   857
RADIANCE_ELANG_LOCAL_NORMAL The angle measured from the plane perpendicular to the normal vector to the radiance vector and defined positive if the radiance vector is in the same hemisphere as the normal vector and negative otherwise. This attribute is generally used as a qualifier for other attributes, e.g., radiance as a function of angle. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   858
RADIANCE_FLUCTUATION_24HR The amount of fluctuation (peak amplitude) of the surface radiance (or luminance) over a twenty-four hour period, expressed as a value from 0 to 255. REAL PURE_NUMBER   859
RADIANCE_PHASE_CODED The phase (in 15 arc degree increments) of radiance amplitude assuming a sine wave fluctuation, expressed as a value from 0 to 24. INTEGER PURE_NUMBER   860
RADIANT_FLUX_DENSITY The radiant flux density (e.g., net flux) is the energy flux through a unity surface. The same quantity is designated either the irradiance (when it is a received flux), or the exitance (when it is an emitted flux). REAL IRRADIANCE   861
RADIO_STATION_TYPE The type of a radio station. ENUMERATION     862
RADIOLOGIC_AGENT_TYPE The type of a radiologic substance that can kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate a person or animal through its physiological properties. ENUMERATION     863
RADIOLOGIC_CLOUD_CONC The concentration of a radiologic agent suspended in the atmosphere, e.g., as a cloud above the surface of an object such as the earth. REAL VOLUMIC_MASS   864
RADIOLOGIC_SURFACE_CONC The concentration of a radiologic agent contained in a layer on the surface of an object. REAL SURFACE_DENSITY   865
RAILROAD_GAUGE The type of railroad gauge in use. ENUMERATION     866
RAILROAD_MAXIMUM_AXLE_LOAD The maximum load allowable on any single railroad vehicle axle. REAL MASS   867
RAILROAD_MAXIMUM_LOAD The maximum load allowable on a railroad. REAL MASS   868
RAILROAD_POWER_SOURCE The source of electrical power for a railroad. ENUMERATION     869
RAILROAD_TRACK_ARRANGEMENT The arrangement of trackage on a single railroad bed, including both directions. ENUMERATION     870
RAILROAD_TYPE The type of railroad system used to support various transportation uses. ENUMERATION     871
RAMP_POSITION The position of the ramp or gate in terms of fractional deployment from a fully stowed/retracted/closed state. REAL PURE_NUMBER   872
RAPID_CLASS The relative difficulty of traversing a rapid, based on the International Scale of River Difficulty. ENUMERATION     873
RECOMMENDED_TRACK_TYPE The type of a recommended track. ENUMERATION     874
RECORDING_DATE The date when the object information was recorded, e.g., captured, edited, or deleted; coded as specified by ISO 8601:1988, 5.2.1.1. STRING     875
RECORDING_DATE_TYPE The type of date recorded. ENUMERATION     876
REFLCT_AZANG_GEODETIC The angle in the horizontal plane, measured in a clockwise direction from above, from planetary geodetic north to the projection of the reflected vector in the horizontal plane. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   877
REFLCT_AZANG_LOCAL_NORMAL The angle in the plane perpendicular to the local normal, generally the local x-y plane that is perpendicular to the local z-axis, measured counter-clockwise from the azimuth reference vector, normally the local x-axis, to the projection of the reflected vector onto that plane. This attribute is generally used as a qualifier for other attributes, e.g., reflectivity as a function of reflected angle. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   878
REFLCT_ELANG_HORIZONTAL The angle in the vertical plane, measured from the horizontal plane, to the reflected vector. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   879
REFLCT_ELANG_LOCAL_NORMAL The angle measured from the plane perpendicular to the normal vector to the reflected vector and defined positive if the reflected vector is in the same hemisphere as the normal vector and negative otherwise. This attribute is generally used as a qualifier for other attributes, e.g., reflectivity as a function of reflected angle. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   880
REFLECTION_TYPE The type of sonar reflection detected. ENUMERATION     881
REFRCT_INDEX_IMAGINARY_PART The imaginary part of a complex refraction index which, in turn, is defined as the square root of the product of the complex relative permitivity and permeability of the material; imaginary part of refraction index can also be derived from the attenuation index or absorption coefficient of the material. The imaginary part of a complex refraction index may be qualified by other attributes, e.g., the electromagnetic band for which the value applies. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA EM_BAND, EA REFRCT_INDEX_REAL_PART 882
REFRCT_INDEX_REAL_PART The real part of a complex refraction index which, in turn, is defined as the square root of the product of the complex relative permitivity and permeability of the material; real part of refraction index can also be derived from the attenuation index or absorption coefficient of the material. The real part of a complex refraction index may be qualified by other attributes, e.g., the electromagnetic band for which the value applies. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA EM_BAND, EA REFRCT_INDEX_IMAGINARY_PART 883
REGIONAL_STYLE Description of the architectural style of a structure characterized by the region of the world where that style is commonly used. ENUMERATION     884
RELATIVE_HORIZ_ACCURACY The difference between the recorded horizontal coordinates of an object and its relative position expressed as a circular error at 90% probability. REAL LENGTH EA ABSOLUTE_HORIZ_ACCURACY 885
RELATIVE_HUMIDITY The ratio of vapour pressure to saturation vapour pressure, where vapour pressure is the pressure exerted by the molecules of water vapour, and saturation vapour pressure is the pressure exerted by molecules of water vapour in air that has attained saturation. REAL PURE_NUMBER   886
RELATIVE_HUMIDITY_ERROR The potential error in the relative humidity. REAL PURE_NUMBER   887
RELATIVE_HUMIDITY_MIN_TEMP The ratio of vapour pressure to saturation vapour pressure at the time of the lowest temperature for the preceding twenty-four hours. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA RELATIVE_HUMIDITY 888
RELATIVE_LOCATION The location of an object relative to the surrounding region or water. ENUMERATION     889
RELEASABILITY_RSTRCTS The releasability restrictions of information about an object. STRING     890
RELIGIOUS_DENOMINATION The name of the religious order at a site. ENUMERATION     891
REQUIRED_PORT_ACCESS Indicates that a hydrographic object is used for access to a required port, or that an object is in a water body used for access to a required port. LOGICAL     892
RESCUE_STATION_TYPE The type of a rescue station. ENUMERATION     893
RESERVOIR_TYPE The method of containing water in a reservoir. ENUMERATION     894
REYNOLDS_NUMBER The turbulence of fluid flow in a pipe (fluid dynamics) or flow across a surface (aerodynamic skin heating models and other thermal modelling applications), described by a number between 0,0 and 1,0 . REAL PURE_NUMBER   895
RF_DIRECTIVITY The side or sides of an object that produce the greatest reflectivity potential to electromagnetic radiation. ENUMERATION     896
RF_REFRCT_INDEX_MODIFIED The atmospheric index of refraction for radio frequency propagation that has been modified to account for the planetary curvature and the variation of the index of refraction as a function of height. The index of refraction is the ratio of the wavelength or phase velocity of an electromagnetic wave in a vacuum to that in the medium or substance. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA REFRCT_INDEX_IMAGINARY_PART, EA REFRCT_INDEX_REAL_PART 897
RGB_COLOUR_BLUE The fractional blue colour component value of an object in accordance with the RGB colour model. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA RGB_COLOUR_GREEN, EA RGB_COLOUR_RED 898
RGB_COLOUR_GREEN The fractional green colour component value of an object in accordance with the RGB colour model. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA RGB_COLOUR_BLUE, EA RGB_COLOUR_RED 899
RGB_COLOUR_RED The fractional red colour component value of an object in accordance with the RGB colour model. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA RGB_COLOUR_BLUE, EA RGB_COLOUR_GREEN 900
RIGHT_ABOVE_BANK_SLOPE The slope of the right bank (facing downstream) above water level. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA RIGHT_BELOW_BANK_SLOPE 901
RIGHT_BANK_HEIGHT The height of the right bank (facing downstream) above the water level to the average water level. REAL LENGTH   902
RIGHT_BANK_HEIGHT_RANGE The predominant height range of the right bank (facing downstream), measured from mean water level to the first break in slope above the mean water level. ENUMERATION     903
RIGHT_BANK_SLOPE_RANGE The predominant slope range of the right bank (facing downstream) measured from mean water level to the first break in slope above the mean water level. ENUMERATION     904
RIGHT_BANK_VEGETATION A range indicating the density of vegetation found on the right bank. ENUMERATION   EA LEFT_BANK_VEGETATION 905
RIGHT_BELOW_BANK_SLOPE The slope of the right bank (facing downstream) below water level. REAL PURE_NUMBER EA RIGHT_ABOVE_BANK_SLOPE 906
ROAD_INTERCHANGE_TYPE The design of an interchange. ENUMERATION     907
ROAD_JUNCTION_CONNECTIVITY The type of connectivity among roads meeting at a junction. ENUMERATION     908
ROAD_TYPE The type of a road. ENUMERATION     909
ROCK_FORMATION_STRUCTURE The structure of a rock formation or outcrop. ENUMERATION     910
ROLL_ANGLE The angular distance about the forward axis of an object, from the local vertical clockwise to the vertical axis of the object, measured in the local vertical plane. The forward axis of the object is the axis which passes through the object centre and is directed towards/through the forward part or surface (front) of the object. Clockwise rotation about the forward axis (the axis of roll) is determined in the direction of the front of the object (right hand rule). The vertical axis of the object is normal to its forward axis. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   911
ROOF_COVER The fractional roof cover within the delineated object's extent. REAL PURE_NUMBER   912
ROOF_PATTERN_PREDOMINANT The predominant visual patterns of a roof, usually describing the shape and arrangement of shingles, but may also describe smooth, corrugated, and gravel roofs. ENUMERATION     913
ROOF_SHAPE The type of roof shape. ENUMERATION     914
ROOF_SRF_MTRL_PREDOMINANT The predominant outermost roofing material. ENUMERATION     915
ROUTE_INTENDED_USE The intended use of the route. ENUMERATION     916
ROUTE_WEATHER_TYPE The weather type of a route. ENUMERATION     917
ROW_COUNT The number of rows comprising an object. COUNT     918
ROW_DISTANCE The distance between each row comprising an object; may be either a mean value, or a constant value where rows are equally spaced. REAL LENGTH   919
ROW_SPACING_INTERNAL The distance between the sub-objects within each row comprising an object; may be either a mean value, or a constant value where sub-objects are equally spaced within a row. REAL LENGTH   920
RUNWAY_APANG_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway angle of approach indicator lights, e.g., VASI or PAPI. REAL PURE_NUMBER   921
RUNWAY_APPROACH_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway approach lights. REAL PURE_NUMBER   922
RUNWAY_CENTER_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway centreline lights. REAL PURE_NUMBER   923
RUNWAY_COUNT The number of runways in an airport or airfield. COUNT     924
RUNWAY_EDGE_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway edge lights. REAL PURE_NUMBER   925
RUNWAY_END_BEARING The horizontal angle that represents the compass direction of bearing from the near end of a runway to the far end as viewed from an approaching or departing aircraft. REAL PLANE_ANGLE   926
RUNWAY_HIGH_END_IDENTIFIER The specification of the higher degree identification of the runway in a two-digit identifier ranging from 19 - 36, determined from the approach direction, derived from the runway magnetic heading (high end) rounded to the nearest ten degrees, and divided by ten. Designated in accordance with appropriate host nation documents. Analyst derived runway numbers will use six arc degrees as the break off point for the next highest number. In the case of parallel runways, a third character shall be entered to differentiate between left (L), right (R), centre (C), or short take-off and landing (S) runway positions. A (T) True will be entered when the runway identifier and heading are true with no magnetic variation applied. STRING   EA RUNWAY_LOW_END_IDENTIFIER 927
RUNWAY_LIGHTING_INTENSITY The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway lighting. REAL PURE_NUMBER   928
RUNWAY_LOW_END_IDENTIFIER The specification of the lower degree identification of the runway in a two-digit identifier ranging from 01 - 18, determined from the approach direction, derived from the runway magnetic heading (low end) rounded to the nearest ten degrees, and divided by ten. Designated in accordance with appropriate host nation documents. Analyst derived runway numbers will use six arc degrees as the break off point for the next highest number. In the case of parallel runways, a third character shall be entered to differentiate between left (L), right (R), centre (C), or short take-off and landing (S) runway positions. A (T) True will be entered when the runway identifier and heading are true with no magnetic variation applied. STRING   EA RUNWAY_HIGH_END_IDENTIFIER 929
RUNWAY_REIL_INTENSITY The fraction of maximum intensity of airport REILs. REAL PURE_NUMBER   930
RUNWAY_RELATIVE_POSITION The relative position of a runway for an approaching or departing aircraft to/from an airport or airfield. ENUMERATION     931
RUNWAY_STOP_BAR_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway stop bar lights. REAL PURE_NUMBER   932
RUNWAY_STROBE_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway strobes. REAL PURE_NUMBER   933
RUNWAY_SURFACE_CONDITION The surface conditions of an airfield/airport runway. ENUMERATION     934
RUNWAY_THRESHOLD_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway threshold lights. REAL PURE_NUMBER   935
RUNWAY_TOUCH_DOWN_LGTINT The fraction of maximum intensity of airport runway touch down lights. REAL PURE_NUMBER   936
RUNWAY_VISIBILITY_METHOD The method used to collect runway visibility data. ENUMERATION     937
RUNWAY_VISUAL_RANGE The maximum horizontal distance down an identified runway of an airfield that a pilot can see and identify standard high intensity lights. REAL LENGTH   938

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