Travis
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But only the photons that are absorbed by chlorophyll and perhaps the OEC and protein indoles should be considered; the ones that provide photoreduction energy. The ones that strike cellulose and provide only heat cannot be brought into the photosynthesis equation.The proper thermodynamic system to analyze must include the sunlight hitting the leaf, whose entropy is increased more than the leaf's is decreased.
Seems impossible to measure directly, since the secondary heating effects would create too much noise.