Diagnostic Summary for Burned Area: Model vs. GFED3

	Global Patterns	Regional Patterns	Scoring (Info)
	Annual Mean (Mha/yr) Bias (Mha/yr) RMSE (Mha/mon) Phase Change (months)	Regional Mean	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Giglio et al. (2010)]	379.6 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	120.1 -259.5 66.6 1.4	access to plots	0.63 0.64 0.58 0.08 0.62 0.53
CLM45bgc	242.8 -136.8 71.1 0.4	access to plots	0.60 0.57 0.74 0.34 0.59 0.57
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	193.3 -186.2 70.8 0.4	access to plots	0.60 0.56 0.74 0.17 0.57 0.53

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