Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20024-w, published online 31 January 2018

In this Article, reference 23 is incorrectly cited in its third instance. The correct reference appears below as reference 1, and should appear in the Introduction as below:

“Meanwhile, several modelling groups have used SIF data to optimise fluorescence model parameters23

should read:

“Meanwhile, several modelling groups have used SIF data to optimise fluorescence model parameters1