Diagnostic Summary for Latent Heat: Model vs. MODIS

	Global Patterns	Regional Patterns	Scoring (Info)
	Annual Mean (W/m2) Bias (W/m2) RMSE (W/m2) Phase Change (months)	Regional Mean	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Mu et al. (2011)]	43.8 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	52.3 8.6 22.8 -0.1	access to plots	0.65 0.57 0.83 0.86 0.54 0.67
CLM45bgc	49.2 5.4 19.8 -0.2	access to plots	0.72 0.62 0.82 0.93 0.54 0.71

Notes: In calculating overall score, rmse score contributes double in comparison with all other scores.