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... The net positive space charge in the air between the ground and a height of about 10 km is nearly equal to the.negative charge on the surface of the Earth. The electrical conductivity of the air increases rapidly with altitude, and the product of the local vertical electric field and local conductivity at any altitude within an atmospheric column gives a constant air-earth current flowing downward.


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