John - KD5YI wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
"In contrast to rain, precipitation currents carried to
ground by snow are usually always negative under
potential gradients between +/- 800 V/m (Chalmers 1956).
The total precipitation current around the earth is
estimated to be about +340 amperes."

So that would give a current of about 0.06 picoamperes per square foot?

I assume that's an average value. Localized values could
be much less or much greater.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp