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PPFD

Pronounced / pee·pee·ef·DEE /

Photosynthetic photon flux density: how much usable light for photosynthesis hits a surface each second, measured in µmol/m²/s.

Example in a sentence

“He measured PPFD at canopy height to check the light was even.”

Also called photosynthetic photon flux density, PAR intensity

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