Table 2. Linear regression statistics for comparison of eddy covariance versus chamber CO₂ flux measurements, as well as for the energy balance closure.

		Kaserstattalm	Neustift
EC vs. chamber	n	70	n.a.
	slope	0.81	n.a.
	y-intercept	−1.97	n.a.
	RMSE	4.68	n.a.
	r2	0.87	n.a.
Energy balance closure	n	811	2179
	slope	0.71	0.72
	y-intercept	4.23	5.49
	RMSE	110.61	83.97
	r2	0.93	0.79
	EBR	0.73	0.75

n … number of half-hourly samples, RMSE … root mean squared error, EBR … energy balance ratio (cf. Wilson et al. 2002), n.a. … not available