Table 1.

Abbreviations

Parameter	Full name	Unit
ϕ	CO2 leakiness	Dimensionless
A	Net CO2 uptake rate	µmol m−2 sec−1
C i	Intercellular CO2 concentration	μmol mol– 1
E	Transpiration rate	mol m−2 sec−1
f VmRubisco	The ratio between measured V cmax and the maximal Rubisco activities in the model	Unitless
f VmPEPC	The slope of the linear relationship between measured V pmax and the maximal PEPC activities in the model	Unitless
g s	Stomatal conductance
g s_Kd	Rate constant of decreasing stomatal conductance	min−1
g s_Ki	Rate constant of increasing stomatal conductance	min−1
J max	Maximum electron transport capacity	μmol m−2 sec−1
K o	Michaelis–Menten constant of Rubisco for O2	mbar
K c	Michaelis–Menten constant of Rubisco for CO2	μbar
PAR	Photosynthetically active photon flux	μmol m−2 sec−1
PEPC	Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
PDRP	Pyruvate phosphate dikinase regulatory protein
PPDK	Pyruvate phosphate dikinase
Rca	Rubisco activase
R d	Mitochondria respiration	μmol m−2 sec−1
τRubisco	Time constant of Rubisco activation	min
V cmax	Maximum rubisco activity estimated from measured A–C i curve	μmol m−2 sec−1
V pmax	Maximum PEPC activity estimated from measured A–C i curve	μmol m−2 sec−1
V max	Maximum activity of enzyme	μmol m−2 sec−1
WUE	Water‐use efficiency (A/E)	mmol (CO2)/mol (H2O)