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)]	43.5 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	52.6 9.1 22.7 -0.1	access to plots	0.65 0.57 0.83 0.87 0.54 0.67
CLM45bgc	49.5 6.0 19.7 -0.2	access to plots	0.73 0.62 0.82 0.93 0.54 0.71
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	47.7 4.2 18.9 -0.3	access to plots	0.74 0.63 0.82 0.93 0.47 0.70

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