Table III. Leaf and environmental parameter values used in the various solutions reported in the figures.
Quantity | Symbol | Red Oak (Fig. 2) | Sunflower (Fig. 3) | Condensing Leaf (Fig. 4) | EFM Leaf (Fig. 5) | Unitsa |
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Leaf thickness, adaxial | 167.7 × 10−6 | 200 × 10−6 | 167.7 × 10−6 | 167.7 × 10−6 | m | |
Leaf thickness, abaxial | 94.3 × 10−6 | 200 × 10−6 | 94.3 × 10−6 | 94.3 × 10−6 | m | |
Liquid area fraction, adaxial | 0.95 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | – | |
Liquid area fraction, abaxial | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.4 | – | |
Vapor area fraction, adaxial | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | – | |
Vapor area fraction, abaxial | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.85 | 0.6 | – | |
Palisade absorbed radiation | 0.8 SR | 0.9 SR | 0.8 SR | 0.8 SR | J m−2 s−1 | |
Spongy absorbed radiation | 0.2 SR | 0.1 SR | 0.2 SR | 0.2 SR | J m−2 s−1 | |
Leaf hydraulic capacity | 9.3 × 10−4 | – | – | – | mol m−3 Pa−1 | |
Vascular conductance | 2.1 × 10−8 | 1 × 10−7 | 2.1 × 10−8 | 2.1 × 10−8 | mol m−2 Pa−1 s−1 | |
Vascular conductance scaling factor | 0.67 | – | – | 0.6 - 0.8 | – | |
Root and stem conductance | Krs | – | – | 6 × 10−9 | – | mol m−2 Pa−1 s−1 |
Hydraulic conductivity cells | 6.97 × 10−13 | 1 × 10−12 | 6.97 × 10−13 | 6.97 × 10−13 | mol m−1 Pa−1 s−1 | |
Thermal conductivity cells | 0.286 | 0.2 | 0.286 | 0.286 | J m−1 K−1 s−1 | |
Stomatal conductance, total | gs | 0.3 | 0.71 | 0.34 | 0.3 | mol m−2 s−1 |
Characteristic leaf length | lc | 0.1 | – | 0.1 | 0.1 | m |
Emissivity, long-wave, leaf | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | – | |
Boundary layer conductance (one side, cuvette) | gbl | 1.42 | 1.42 | – | – | mol m−2 s−1 |
Wind speed | uw | 3.86 | – | 3.86 | 3.86 | m s−1 |
Relative humidity | RH | 44% | 84% | 85% | 44% | – |
Temperature, air (base) | Tair | 301.5 | 298.15 | 301.5 | 301.5 | K |
Photosynthetic photon flux density | PPFD | 1,700 | – | 1,700 | 50–2,000 | μmol m−2 s−1 |
Dashes indicate a dimensionless (unitless) quantity.