Local mass fluxes at the stomata (gv,w,eff) as a function of the distance from the leading edge (x/L) at an air speed of 2 m s−1 (Reb = 1369) for different surface CRs: (A) this mass flux is scaled with the surface-averaged value over the leaf for a CR of 100 % (gv,w,avg,100 %); (B) this mass flux is scaled with the local mass flux of each leaf segment of 0·1 mm for a CR of 100 % (gv,w,100 %). BL (boundary layer) indicates the relative viscous sub-layer thickness distribution (δVSL/δVSL,avg) over the surface.