\begin{table}%T3 \caption{\label{table3}A comparison between the \hi~halo cloud samples observed with different telescopes.} \small%\centering \par \begin{tabular}{cc c c c c c c c} \hline\hline & $|z|$ & $d$ & \NH & \FWHM & $s$ & $D$ & $\langle n \rangle $ & $M_{\hi}$ \\ & kpc &~kpc & $10^{19}{\rm cm^{-2}}$ & \kms & \arcmin & pc & ${\rm cm^{-3}}$ & \msun \\ \hline Effelsberg & 0.9--5.4 & 3--11 & 0.4--7.4 & 2--21.1 & 9--27 & 8--70 & 0.07--1.2 & 3--770\\ WSRT& & & 1.2--3.2 & 2.5--4.0 & 0.9--2.1 & 2--6 & 1.3--3.1 & 1--24 \\ VLA& & & 2.9--7.6 & 2.8--5.8 & 0.9--2.1 & 2--6 & 2.2--5.7 & 7--32 \\ \citet{Lockman2002}& 0.6--1.2 & & 0.7--6.3 & 5.4--26.3 & &19--35 & 0.1--0.9 &12--290 \\ \citet{Snezana2006}& 0.06--0.9 &0.2--3 & 1--3 & 3--7.6 & 6--12 &0.6--8 & & 0.03--7\\ \citet{Ford2008ApJ}& 0.3--1.7 & & 0.4--6.6 &5.8--26.2 & & 46--100 & & 120--4850 \\ \citet{Stil2006}& 0.01--0.16&4.2--7.7& 8--39 &3.4--16.5 & 1.8--29.4&3.4--36.7&3--24 &9--2500\\ \hline \end{tabular} \tablefoot{The table gives the range of values of the clouds for the following properties: $|z|$ which is the absolute height above the plane (defined in the inner part of the disk) in~kpc. $d$ the distance in~kpc. \NH\ is the column density of \hi~gas in $10^{19}{\rm cm^{-2}}$. \FWHM\ is the line width in \kms. $s$ is the observed angular size in \arcmin. $D$ is the diameter in pc. $\langle n \rangle $ is the average volume density in ${\rm cm^{-3}}$. $M_{\hi}$ is the visible \hi~mass in \msun.} \end{table}