Methodology   | 
CMAT 1.0 CMIP5 CESM1-FASTCHEM: vs CESM1-CAM5:   | 
| Notes | Flags vs Obs | Improvements (vs CESM1-CAM5) | Degradations (vs CESM1-CAM5) | 
| CMIP5 |  NHM-SHM rsnt too small.    see also swcftoa, ALBDS  |  rsnt PCor-ENSO improves.    see also swcftoa, ALBDS swcftoa PCor-ENSO improves. see also ALBDS  | zg500 PCor-AC degrades. hurs PCor-ENSO degrades.  | 
| rsnt 0.90 | Annual 0.99 | JJA-DJF 0.99 | ENSO Tele 0.71 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.99 | JJA 0.99 | SON 0.99 | 
| rlut 0.88 | Annual 0.97 | JJA-DJF 0.95 | ENSO Tele 0.72 | DJF 0.96 | MAM 0.93 | JJA 0.96 | SON 0.96 | 
| swcftoa 0.80 | Annual 0.76 | JJA-DJF 0.91 | ENSO Tele 0.71 | DJF 0.83 | MAM 0.73 | JJA 0.87 | SON 0.76 | 
| lwcftoa 0.82 | Annual 0.85 | JJA-DJF 0.89 | ENSO Tele 0.72 | DJF 0.87 | MAM 0.75 | JJA 0.86 | SON 0.85 | 
| fs 0.75 | Annual 0.78 | JJA-DJF 0.97 | ENSO Tele 0.50 | DJF 0.94 | MAM 0.86 | JJA 0.94 | SON 0.87 | 
| rtfs 0.78 | Annual 0.91 | JJA-DJF 0.91 | ENSO Tele 0.50 | DJF 0.92 | MAM 0.89 | JJA 0.89 | SON 0.91 | 
| Key Water Variables | Scored/Graded | Unscored | |||||
| pr 0.79 | Annual 0.84 | JJA-DJF 0.83 | ENSO Tele 0.71 | DJF 0.86 | MAM 0.76 | JJA 0.83 | SON 0.83 | 
| prw 0.93 | Annual 0.98 | JJA-DJF 0.97 | ENSO Tele 0.84 | DJF 0.98 | MAM 0.97 | JJA 0.98 | SON 0.98 | 
| hfls 0.83 | Annual 0.96 | JJA-DJF 0.91 | ENSO Tele 0.64 | DJF 0.95 | MAM 0.95 | JJA 0.94 | SON 0.95 | 
| ep 0.79 | Annual 0.84 | JJA-DJF 0.81 | ENSO Tele 0.71 | DJF 0.82 | MAM 0.75 | JJA 0.84 | SON 0.84 | 
| hurs 0.58 | Annual 0.79 | JJA-DJF 0.70 | ENSO Tele 0.25 | DJF 0.72 | MAM 0.77 | JJA 0.75 | SON 0.80 | 
| Key Dynamics Variables | Scored/Graded | Unscored | |||||
| psl 0.90 | Annual 0.96 | JJA-DJF 0.91 | ENSO Tele 0.83 | DJF 0.94 | MAM 0.93 | JJA 0.96 | SON 0.97 | 
| zg500 0.87 | Annual 0.91 | JJA-DJF 0.86 | ENSO Tele 0.86 | DJF 0.89 | MAM 0.87 | JJA 0.92 | SON 0.84 | 
| wap500 0.65 | Annual 0.58 | JJA-DJF 0.65 | ENSO Tele 0.71 | DJF 0.61 | MAM 0.55 | JJA 0.62 | SON 0.60 | 
| hur500 0.90 | Annual 0.93 | JJA-DJF 0.92 | ENSO Tele 0.86 | DJF 0.93 | MAM 0.87 | JJA 0.91 | SON 0.93 | 
| Other Variables (unscored) | |||||||
| rsdt | Annual 1.00 | JJA-DJF 1.00 | DNA | DJF 1.00 | MAM 1.00 | JJA 1.00 | SON 1.00 | 
| albd | Annual 0.91 | JJA-DJF 0.27 | ENSO Tele 0.69 | DJF 0.64 | MAM 0.89 | JJA 0.84 | SON 0.91 | 
| albs | Annual 0.95 | JJA-DJF 0.85 | ENSO Tele 0.34 | DJF 0.93 | MAM 0.93 | JJA 0.92 | SON 0.94 | 
| rtmt | Annual 0.98 | JJA-DJF 0.99 | ENSO Tele 0.35 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.99 | JJA 0.99 | SON 0.99 | 
| rsds | Annual 0.97 | JJA-DJF 0.99 | ENSO Tele 0.70 | DJF 0.98 | MAM 0.97 | JJA 0.97 | SON 0.97 | 
| rlds | Annual 0.99 | JJA-DJF 0.97 | ENSO Tele 0.68 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.98 | JJA 0.98 | SON 0.99 | 
| rsns | Annual 0.98 | JJA-DJF 0.98 | ENSO Tele 0.71 | DJF 0.98 | MAM 0.97 | JJA 0.97 | SON 0.97 | 
| rlns | Annual 0.86 | JJA-DJF 0.83 | ENSO Tele 0.47 | DJF 0.81 | MAM 0.85 | JJA 0.84 | SON 0.85 | 
| hfss | Annual 0.86 | JJA-DJF 0.87 | ENSO Tele 0.45 | DJF 0.85 | MAM 0.84 | JJA 0.84 | SON 0.88 | 
| tas | Annual 0.99 | JJA-DJF 0.99 | ENSO Tele 0.71 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.99 | JJA 0.99 | SON 1.00 | 
| tasa | Annual 999999.00 | JJA-DJF 999999.00 | DNA | DJF 999999.00 | MAM 999999.00 | JJA 999999.00 | SON 999999.00 | 
| netcf | Annual 0.68 | JJA-DJF 0.93 | ENSO Tele 0.41 | DJF 0.86 | MAM 0.70 | JJA 0.88 | SON 0.76 | 
| rsnt | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rlut | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| swcftoa | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| lwcftoa | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| fs | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| pr | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| prw | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rsdt | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| albd | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| albs | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rtmt | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rsds | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rlds | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rsns | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rlns | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| hfls | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| hfss | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| tas | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| tasa | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| ep | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| rtfs | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| zg500 | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| hurs | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| netcf | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| wap500 | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| sfcWind | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| psl | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN | 
| hur500 | OCEAN | LAND | LAND+OCEAN |