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)]	379.6 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	130.6 -248.9 67.3 0.5	access to plots	0.41 0.75 0.64 0.09 0.74 0.56
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	303.0 -76.5 77.5 0.3	access to plots	0.51 0.69 0.67 0.40 0.69 0.61
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	372.5 -7.1 87.4 0.3	access to plots	0.52 0.64 0.65 0.48 0.64 0.59
CLM45bgc_cCO2	268.9 -110.6 72.1 0.2	access to plots	0.51 0.71 0.68 0.40 0.71 0.62

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