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 Difference (months)	Regional Mean	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Mu et al. (2011)]	35.6 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	45.4 9.8 18.8 -0.1	access to plots	0.73 0.51 0.78 0.87 0.50 0.65
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	42.8 7.2 16.2 -0.2	access to plots	0.80 0.54 0.77 0.94 0.50 0.68
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	41.3 5.8 15.6 -0.2	access to plots	0.81 0.55 0.77 0.93 0.46 0.68

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