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Table 3 Cavisoft (v5.2) output file description

From: Measuring xylem hydraulic vulnerability for long-vessel species: an improved methodology with the flow centrifugation technique

Column number

Header name

Description

1

Date_time

Format of date time is “dd MMM yy; HH:mm:ss”

2

Campaign_name

From the textbox “Campaign name”

3

Sample_ref_1

From the textbox “Sample number”

4

Sample_ref_2

From the textbox “Sample rep number”

5

Treatment

From the textbox “Treatment”

6

Meas_cavispeed_rpm

Actual rotation speed (in rpm)

7

Max_cavispeed_rpm

Maximum rotation speed reached during the run

8

Pressure_Mpa

Pressure reached during the run (computed from Max_cavispeed_rpm)

9

Raw_conductance_kg_Mpa_s

Raw conductance in kg.Mpa-1.s-1 (temperature corrected)

10

Conductivity_SI_corrT

Specific conductivity in SI unit (see the unit in column 29) temperature corrected

11

Std_error_conductivity

Standard deviation from specific conductivity

12

PLC

Per cent loss of conductance

13

Note

Free text

14

Speed_class

Speed class (letter auto-increment from “a” every time there is a change bigger than 75 rpm from the previous value)

15

Air_temp1

Air temperature measured with an external probe

16

Air_temp2

Not implemented

17

Temperature_used_for_correction

Temperature used for correction

18

Temperature_correctionfactor

Value of the correction factor (multiplier)

19

Operator

Name of operator selected from the list (or free text)

20

Rotor_number

From textbox rotor number

21

Species

From textbox species

22

Sampling_location

From textbox “location”

23

Sample_type

Type of sample from the list (branch, root…)

24

Comment

Free text

25

Delta_P_MPa

Delta P (see Cochard 2002)

26

Pixel_size

Pixel size (in mm pixel−1) should be between 0.01 and 0.05

27

Meas_mode

Manual or auto mode

28

Rotor_diameter

Diameter of rotor at the meniscus level (2R in Cochard 2002)

29

Conductivity_unit

SI unit used for the computation of conductivity

30

Equation_slope

Slope from the equation to compute conductance (Eq. 4)

31

Equation_intercept

Intercept from the equation to compute conductance (Eq. 4)

32

Equation_residue

Residual error from the equation to compute conductance (Eq. 4)

33

Equation_pearsonRsquare

R2 from the equation to compute conductance (Eq. 4)

34

Reservoir_cross_section_m2

Inner cross-section of the reservoir in m2

35

Sample_crosssection_upstream_m2

Sum of the cross-section of the samples (dependant of the number of stems) in m2

36

mean_diameter_big_res_mm

Mean diameter of the samples upstream (mm)

37

mean_diameter_small_res_mm

Mean diameter of the samples downstream (mm)

38

Number_of_stems

Number of sample in the cavitron

39

Rawdata_TIME

Time of measurement (ms)

40

Rawdata_DISTANCE_pixel

Distance between meniscus (pixel)

41

Rawdata_DISTANCE_mm

Distance between meniscus (mm)

42

Sample_diameter_rawdata_upstream

Values of sample diameter in the upstream reservoir (cm)

43

Sample_diameter_rawdata_downstream

Values of sample diameter in the downstream reservoir (cm)