Table 6.8 — EAs with labels beginning with D
Label Concept definition Figure(s) Attribute value type EQ label Code
DAILY_TIDE_INDEX The sequential number of the peak <TIDE> for a day; daily tide index. The value starts at 1 for the first peak <TIDE> for a day and increases.   INTEGER   283
DAM_FACE_TYPE The type of face of a <DAM>.   ENUMERATION   284
DAMAGE_WEIGHT The amount of ordinance in equivalent <<MASS>> of TNT required to cause distinguishable damage to a <STRUCTURE>; damage weight.   REAL MASS 285
DATA_COLLECTION_CRITERIA Criteria describing the collection of data.   ENUMERATION   286
DATE_FORMAT The format of a date.   ENUMERATION   287
DATE_TIME_FORMAT The format of a date and time of the day.   ENUMERATION   288
DATE_TIME_GROUP The date and time, formatted as specified by <<DATE_TIME_FORMAT>>; date time group.   CONSTRAINED_STRING   289
DAY_WITHIN_YEAR The ordinal index of a day within the year, starting with 1 on the 1st of January.   COUNT   290
DEEP_SOUND_CHANNEL_AXIS_DEPTH The <<DEPTH>> at which the <<SPEED>> of propagation of a compressional wave achieves its minimum value in a <DEEP_SOUND_CHANNEL>; deep sound channel axis depth.   REAL LENGTH 291
DEEP_SOUND_CHANNEL_TOP_DEPTH The topmost of the two <<DEPTH>>s of equal maximum <<SPEED>> of propagation of compressional waves in a <DEEP_SOUND_CHANNEL>.   REAL LENGTH 292
DEFENSIVE_POSITION_COUNT The number of <DEFENSIVE_POSITION>s within a delineated <REGION>; defensive position count.   COUNT   293
DEFENSIVE_POSITION_TYPE The type of a <DEFENSIVE_POSITION>.   ENUMERATION   294
DELINEATION_CERTAIN An indication that knowledge of the delineation of an <OBJECT> is certain.   BOOLEAN   295
DENSITY_ALTITUDE The <<PRESSURE_ALTITUDE>> corrected for deviations from the standard <ATMOSPHERE>; density altitude.   REAL LENGTH 296
DEPTH The distance from a <SURFACE> down to a <LOCATION> or <SURFACE>; depth. The value is expressed as a positive number.   REAL LENGTH 297
DEPTH_BELOW_SURFACE_LEVEL The <<DEPTH>> measured from the highest point of an <OBJECT> at the level of the surrounding <SURFACE> to the lowest point of that <OBJECT> below the <SURFACE>.   REAL LENGTH 298
DEPTH_BELOW_WATERBODY_FLOOR The <<DEPTH>> from a <WATERBODY_FLOOR> down to a <LOCATION>; depth below waterbody floor.   REAL LENGTH 299
DEPTH_BELOW_WATERBODY_SURFACE The <<DEPTH>> of an <OBJECT> below a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>.   REAL LENGTH 300
DEPTH_OF_WATERBODY_FLOOR The <<DEPTH>> from a <WATERBODY_SURFACE> to a <WATERBODY_FLOOR>.   REAL LENGTH 301
DEW_POINT_DEPRESSION The difference between an <<AIR_TEMPERATURE>> at a <LOCATION> and the <<DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE>> at that <LOCATION>; dew point depression.   REAL THERMO_TEMPERATURE 302
DEW_POINT_ERROR The error in a measurement of a <<DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE>> that is introduced by uncertainties.   REAL THERMO_TEMPERATURE 303
DEW_POINT_MAXIMUM_DIFFERENCE-
_CLIMATOLOGY
The historical (climatology) maximum difference between the <<DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE>> at an initial time and the <<DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE>> at an offset from that time.   REAL THERMO_TEMPERATURE 304
DEW_POINT_MINIMUM_DIFFERENCE-
_CLIMATOLOGY
The historical (climatology) minimum difference between the <<DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE>> at an initial time and the <<DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE>> at an offset from that time.   REAL THERMO_TEMPERATURE 305
DEW_POINT_QUALITY The quality of a <<DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE>> measurement.   ENUMERATION   306
DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE The <<TEMPERATURE>> to which a given parcel of <AIR> must be cooled at constant <<ATM_PRESSURE>> and water vapour content in order for saturation to occur; dew point temperature.   REAL THERMO_TEMPERATURE 307
DIR_SHIPPING_NOISE_CORRECTION The correction to the <<DIR_SHIPPING_NOISE_SPECTRAL_POWER_LEVEL>>, typically taken at 50 hertz.   REAL FIELD_OR_POWER_LEVEL_DIFF 308
DIR_SHIPPING_NOISE_SPECTRAL-
_POWER_LEVEL
In a volume of a <WATERBODY>, the directional shipping noise spectral power level, typically taken at 50 hertz.   REAL PRESSURE_POWER_LEVEL 309
DIRECTIONAL_HEMISPHERICAL-
_REFLECTIVITY
The ratio, for a particular material <SURFACE> and unit solid angle about a particular incident <DIRECTION>, of the reflected <<RADIANCE>> into the hemisphere above that <SURFACE> to the incident <<RADIANCE>>; directional hemispherical reflectivity. This quantity is also defined as the integral over the reflected hemisphere of the BRDF times the cosine of the angle between the surface normal and the reflection <DIRECTION> times the differential reflection solid angle. It is a function of the <<INCIDENCE_ZENITH_ANGLE_LOCAL>> and <<INCIDENCE_AZIMUTH_LOCAL>> of the incident <<RADIANCE>> and is spectral (a distribution function in <<WAVELENGTH>>), therefore the quantity is measured in terms of inverse <<WAVELENGTH>> bin size.   REAL INV_LENGTH 310
DISPLAY_SIGN_TYPE The type of a <DISPLAY_SIGN> based on its function and/or structure.   ENUMERATION   311
DISSECTED_TERRAIN An indication that a <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION> is dominated by artificially or naturally dissected <TERRAIN>.   BOOLEAN   312
DOMINANT_BREAKER_TYPE The type of the dominant breaking <WATER_WAVE>s tripped by shoaling <WATER>; dominant breaker type. The dominant breaker type is dependent on the nature of the <WATERBODY_FLOOR> and on the <<TERRAIN_SLOPE>> of the <BEACH>.   ENUMERATION   313
DOOR_CONSTRUCTION_TYPE The type of <MATERIAL> and/or techniques used to construct a <DOOR>; door construction type.   ENUMERATION   314
DOOR_OPENING_METHOD The method in which a <DOOR> opens; door opening method.   ENUMERATION   315
DOOR_SHAPE The shape of a <DOOR>.   ENUMERATION   1662
DOOR_TYPE The type of a <DOOR>.   ENUMERATION   316
DRAGON_TEETH_TYPE The type of a <DRAGON_TEETH>.   ENUMERATION   317
DROP_GATE_METHOD The method by which a <DROP_GATE> is closed.   ENUMERATION   318
DUST_PRODUCTION_RATE A number between 0 and 1 inclusive representing the linearly-scaled fraction of the production rate of <DUST> at an <OBJECT> that has been induced by ground movement or surface <WIND>s. Zero means no production at all and one means maximum production.   REAL PURE_NUMBER 319
DWELLING_TYPE The type of a <DWELLING>.   ENUMERATION   320