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 Difference (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	129.4 -233.4 64.2 0.6	access to plots	0.41 0.75 0.63 0.08 0.73 0.56
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	304.9 -57.9 74.8 0.3	access to plots	0.51 0.68 0.68 0.42 0.67 0.61
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	371.4 8.6 84.0 0.3	access to plots	0.52 0.64 0.67 0.50 0.62 0.60

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