Diagnostic Summary for Albedo: Model vs. MODIS

	Global Patterns	Regional Patterns	Scoring (Info)
	Annual Mean (unitless) Bias (unitless) RMSE (unitless) Phase Difference (months)	Regional Mean	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Schaaf et al. (2011)]	0.22 - - 0.00	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	0.24 0.02 0.05 -0.37	access to plots	0.87 0.82 0.56 0.90 0.65 0.77
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	0.23 0.01 0.05 -0.35	access to plots	0.87 0.82 0.57 0.92 0.64 0.77
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	0.23 0.01 0.05 -0.37	access to plots	0.88 0.83 0.57 0.93 0.67 0.79

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