Diagnostic Summary for Leaf Area Index: Model vs. AVHRR

	Global Patterns	Regional Patterns	Scoring (Info)
	Annual Mean (unitless) Bias (unitless) RMSE (unitless) Phase Change (months)	Regional Mean	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Myneni et al. (1997)]	1.49 - - 0.00	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	2.49 1.00 1.54 0.31	access to plots	0.57 0.54 0.73 0.51 0.42 0.55
CLM45bgc	2.53 1.05 1.58 0.37	access to plots	0.56 0.52 0.71 0.57 0.41 0.55
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	2.37 0.89 1.44 0.22	access to plots	0.58 0.54 0.74 0.64 0.36 0.57

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