Abstract
The local diffuse attenuation coefficients for monochromatic net irradiance and monochromatic scalar irradiance differ from the corresponding spatially averaged coefficients except when both equal an eigenvalue of the radiative transfer equation. Explicit equations to relate spatially averaged to local coefficients that may be useful when inferring self-consistency (i.e., closure) of optical properties are given.
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