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)]	362.8 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	124.0 -238.7 64.0 1.4	access to plots	0.68 0.70 0.58 0.08 0.65 0.56
CLM45bgc	248.9 -113.9 68.9 0.4	access to plots	0.67 0.64 0.74 0.36 0.63 0.61
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	196.7 -166.0 68.2 0.5	access to plots	0.67 0.64 0.74 0.18 0.61 0.58

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