Observation of Clouds Using the CSIR Transportable LIDAR: A Case Study over Durban, South Africa

Table 2

Cirrus cloud properties observed by LIDAR.

	Location (AGL); (distance from shoreline)	Cloud top height (km), maximum	Cloud base height (km), minimum	Cloud thickness (km)	Distance to tropopause (km)
Durban	29.9°S, 30.9°E; (8 m); (±14 km)	12.5	5.5	2.45	—
(Buenos Aires); Lakkis et al., 2009 [10]	34.6°S, 58.5°W; (31 m)	11.82	9.63	2.41	0.38
(Punta Arenas); Immler and Schrems, 2002 [15]	53.1°S, 71°W; (30 m)	9.5	8.8	1.4	1.7