| 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) |