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. 2015 Oct 8;10(10):e0138930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138930

Table 1. Incident radiation, fraction absorbed, and total absorbed radiation for each source.

The absorbed radiation was normalized to a PPF of 1000 µmoles per m2 per s for each radiation source. This does not result in exactly equal PAR (in watts per m2) because of spectral differences among radiation sources. The total absorbed radiation for each source is shown in bold. Leaf temperature was held constant at 25°C. Net longwave exchange with lower leaves or surfaces was assumed to be zero.

UV (350–400 nm) PAR (400–700 nm) NIR (700–2500 nm) Source longwave Sky longwave Emitted longwave Total
Incident radiation (W/m 2)
HPS 0.58 203 128 131 452 -448 467
LED 0.15 195 10 44 452 -448 253
Sun, greenhouse 18 219 252 0 452 -448 494
Sun, clear sky 19 219 289 0 300 -448 379
Fraction absorbed
HPS 0.939 0.870 0.263 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.71
LED 0.934 0.943 0.923 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.90
Sun, greenhouse 0.938 0.894 0.214 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.53
Sun, clear sky 0.937 0.894 0.207 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.33
Total absorbed radiation (W/m 2)
HPS 0.54 177 34 127 439 -435 342
LED 0.14 184 9 43 439 -435 240
Sun, greenhouse 17 196 54 0 439 -435 271
Sun, clear sky 18 196 60 0 291 -435 130