corona current

From Glossary of Meteorology
The electrical current that is equivalent to the rate of charge transferred to the air from a pointed object (or array of objects) experiencing corona discharge.

Ordinarily, the corona current from terrestrial objects at times of thunderstorm passage constitutes a transfer of negative charge from air to object.
Compare point discharge current.

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