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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Plant Cell Environ. 2014 May 11;37(8):1965–1980. doi: 10.1111/pce.12326
Q10KC = 2.1 Q10 factor for Rubisco carboxylation reaction (−)
Q10KO = 1.2 Q10 factor for Rubisco oxygenation reaction (−)
Q10KC = 2.4 Q10 factor for electron transport response (−)
Q10R = 2.0 Q10 factor for photorespiration response (−)
T25 = 298.15 standard reference temperature (K)
RG = 8.314 general gas constant (J mol−1·K−1)
Ci intracellular CO2 (μmol mol−1)
IC absorbed photosynthetic active radiation (μmol m−2 s−1)
KC Michaelis-Menten constant for carboxylation (μmol mol−1 μbar−1)
KO Michaelis-Menten constant for oxygenation (mmol mol−1 μbar−1)
Ft temperature modification term (−)
VCMAX Rubisco capacity (μmol mg−1 min−1)
Γ* CO2 compensation point (μmol mol−1)
RD photorespiration (μmol m−2 s−1)
AC Rubisco limited photosynthesis capacity (μmol m−2 s−1)
AE Rubisco limited photosynthesis capacity (μmol m−2 s−1)
AS export limited photosynthesis capacity (μmol m−2 s−1)
AN net photosynthesis (μmol m−2 s−1)