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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: Plant Cell Environ. 2017 Jul 26;40(9):1984–2003. doi: 10.1111/pce.13003

Table 1.

List of symbols used with definitions and units.

Symbol Definition Units
ϕX emission rates of given VOC nmol m-2 s-1
ϕM1, X maximum emission rate at the first emission peak nmol m-2 s-1
ϕM2, X maximum emission rate at the second emission peak nmol m-2 s-1
ФX the total amount of given VOC emitted over a certain time µmol m-2
tP1S start of the first emission burst since the start of the O3 exposure h
tP1E end of the first emission burst since the start of the O3 exposure h
tP2S start of the second emission burst since the start of the O3 exposure h
tP2E end of the second emission burst since the start of the O3 exposure h
DP1 duration of the first induced emission peak h
DP2 duration of the second induced emission peak h
tE1 time from the onset of O3 exposure to the first emission elicitation h
tE2 time from the onset of O3 exposure to the second emission elicitation h
tM1 time from elicitation to the first emission maximum h
tM2 time from elicitation to the second emission maximum h
τI1 doubling-time for the increase of emissions during the first emission burst h
τD1 half-time for the decrease of emissions during the second emission burst h
τI2 doubling-time for the increase of emissions during the second emission burst h
τD2 half-time for the decrease of emissions during the second emission burst h
kI1 rate constant for the initial increase of emissions during the first emission burst h-1
kD1 rate constant for the decrease of emissions during the first emission burst h-1
kI2 rate constant for the initial increase of emissions during the second emission burst h-1
kD2 rate constant for the decrease of emissions during the second emission burst h-1
ϕO3 the rate of ozone uptake by stomata nmol m-2 s-1
ФO3 the total amount of ozone uptake by stomata µmol m-2
ϕLO3 the rate of ozone uptake by whole leaf nmol m-2 s-1
ФLO3 the total amount of ozone uptake by whole leaf µmol m-2

Fig. 1 demonstrates representative time courses of emissions and definition of symbols.