What is the electrical conductivity of air?

Answer 1

Electrical conduction is the movement of electrically charged particles through a transmission medium (electrical conductor). The movement of charge constitutes an electric current. The charge transport may result as a response to an electric field, or as a result of a concentration gradient in carrier density, that is, by diffusion . The physical parameters governing this transport depend upon the material.
Conduction in metals and resistors is well described by Ohm's Law, which states that the current is proportional to the applied electric field. The ease with which current density (current per unit area) j appears in a material is measured by the conductivity s, defined as:
j = s E
or its reciprocal resistivity ?:
j = E / ?
Conduction in semiconductor devices may occur by a combination of electric field (drift) and diffusion. The current density is then:
j = s E + D ?qn
with q the elementary charge and n the electron density. The carriers move in the direction of decreasing concentration, so for electrons a positive current results for a positive density gradient. If the carriers are holes, replace electron density n by the negative of the hole density p.
In linear anisotropic materials, s, ? and D are tensors.

Answer 2

careful....that's not ohm/meter, it's ohm meter. conductivity is the inverse of this. and all this assumes no lightning bolts as well.