Table 1 Statistical and error analyses of the retrieved absorption coefficients
Expected absorption coefficient (\(\mu_{a}^{expect}\)) [mm−1] | Mean (\(\mu_{a}^{mean}\)) [mm−1] | Variance [mm−2] | Error (e) [%] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\(\mu^{\prime}_{s}\) = 1.0 | \(\mu^{\prime}_{s}\) = 2.0 | \(\mu^{\prime}_{s}\) = 1.0 | \(\mu^{\prime}_{s}\) = 2.0 | \(\mu^{\prime}_{s}\) = 1.0 | \(\mu^{\prime}_{s}\) = 2.0 | |
0.0100 | 0.0104 | 0.0093 | 7.2 × 10−7 | 6.8 × 10−7 | 4.00 | 7.00 |
0.0200 | 0.0200 | 0.0203 | 1.9 × 10−6 | 5.1 × 10−7 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
0.0300 | 0.0310 | 0.0297 | 3.7 × 10−6 | 1.7 × 10−6 | 3.33 | 1.00 |
0.0400 | 0.0397 | 0.0388 | 6.0 × 10−6 | 2.8 × 10−6 | 0.75 | 3.00 |
0.0500 | 0.0507 | 0.0498 | 1.5 × 10−5 | 1.3 × 10−6 | 1.04 | 0.40 |
0.0600 | 0.0626 | 0.0584 | 2.3 × 10−5 | 7.2 × 10−6 | 4.33 | 2.67 |
0.0700 | 0.0734 | 0.0691 | 2.2 × 10−5 | 1.0 × 10−5 | 4.86 | 1.29 |