Table 4. Comparison of the percentage of smoke below and above the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) for the 2013 California Rim Fire (CALIOP data) and for the larger MISR analysis (Val Martin et al. 2010).

For the Rim Fire, most of the smoke was injected and detrained above the PBL

	Air parcels	Max. plume height		Min. plume height
Data source	Number	% < PBL	% > PBL	% < PBL	% > PBL
Rim, 21 August	53 859	8	92	10	90
Rim, 24 August	96 965	8	92	28	72
Rim, total	601 291	17	83	36	64
MISR		88–96	4–12