Cecil Moore wrote:
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.


It is the 340 amperes divided by the surface area of the earth in square
feet. I guess you could call it an average.

So, "much greater" than 6E-14 would be what, maybe 6E-13?