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. 2020 May 29;15(5):e0233210. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233210

Table 1. List of definition of all the used abbreviations.

Nomenclature
Δq [%] Difference between canopy air and ambient absolute humidity
ΔRH [%] Difference between canopy air and ambient relative humidity
ΔTleaf [°C] Difference between canopy air and leaf temperature
ΔT [°C] Difference between canopy air and ambient temperature
eamb [%] Saturated vapour pressure at top of canopy
eamb [%] Vapour pressure at top of canopy
ei [%] Saturated vapour pressure at location i in canopy
ei [%] Vapour pressure at location i in canopy
HPS High pressure sodium supplementary light
L [m] Length of single leaf
LA [m−2] Leaf area of single leaf
LAImax [-] Maximum leaf area
LAI [-] Leaf Area index
Nl [#] Number of leaves on a shoot
Ns [#] Number of shoots per plant
N [#] Number of leaflets of single leaf
PAR [μmol m−2 s−1] Photosynthetically active radiation
PD [# m−2] Plant density
qambient [g kg−1] Ambient absolute humidity
qcanopy [g kg−1] Canopy absolute humidity
Rinside [W m−2] Global radiation inside greenhouse
Routside [W m−2] Global radiation outside greenhouse
RHamb [%] Relative humidity at top of canopy
RHi [%] Relative humidity at location i in canopy
t0.5 [-] Normalised time at which half of LAImax is reached
Tambient [°C] Ambient greenhouse temperature
Tcanopy [°C] Canopy temperature
Tleaf [°C] Leaf temperature
Tpipe [°C] Heating pipe temperature
W [m] Width of single leaf