Methodology   | 
CMAT 1.0 CMIP5 CMCC-CMS: vs CESM1-CAM5:   | 
| Notes | Flags vs Obs | Improvements (vs CESM1-CAM5) | Degradations (vs CESM1-CAM5) | 
| CMIP5 |  Global Mean rsnt too small.    see also swcftoa, ALBDS NHM-SHM rsnt too small. see also swcftoa, ALBDS OM-LM rsnt too small. see also swcftoa, ALBDS Global Mean rlut too small. see also lwcftoa, tas, TMQ NHM-SHM rlut too small. see also lwcftoa, tas, TMQ NHM-SHM hfls too small.  |  rsnt PCor-ENSO improves.    see also swcftoa, ALBDS lwcftoa PCor-ENSO improves.  | lwcftoa PCor-AC degrades. ep PCor-AC degrades. zg500 PCor-AC degrades. wap500 PCor-AC degrades.  | 
| rsnt 0.88 | Annual 0.99 | JJA-DJF 0.99 | ENSO Tele 0.66 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.99 | JJA 0.98 | SON 0.99 | 
| rlut 0.88 | Annual 0.96 | JJA-DJF 0.92 | ENSO Tele 0.76 | DJF 0.95 | MAM 0.92 | JJA 0.95 | SON 0.96 | 
| lwcftoa 0.82 | Annual 0.88 | JJA-DJF 0.83 | ENSO Tele 0.75 | DJF 0.86 | MAM 0.76 | JJA 0.87 | SON 0.85 | 
| fs 0.74 | Annual 0.76 | JJA-DJF 0.96 | ENSO Tele 0.50 | DJF 0.93 | MAM 0.85 | JJA 0.92 | SON 0.83 | 
| rtfs 0.78 | Annual 0.91 | JJA-DJF 0.88 | ENSO Tele 0.55 | DJF 0.91 | MAM 0.90 | JJA 0.88 | SON 0.90 | 
| Key Water Variables | Scored/Graded | Unscored | |||||
| pr 0.77 | Annual 0.82 | JJA-DJF 0.79 | ENSO Tele 0.70 | DJF 0.82 | MAM 0.73 | JJA 0.81 | SON 0.82 | 
| prw 0.94 | Annual 0.98 | JJA-DJF 0.96 | ENSO Tele 0.87 | DJF 0.98 | MAM 0.97 | JJA 0.98 | SON 0.98 | 
| hfls 0.83 | Annual 0.95 | JJA-DJF 0.88 | ENSO Tele 0.65 | DJF 0.94 | MAM 0.94 | JJA 0.93 | SON 0.93 | 
| ep 0.77 | Annual 0.84 | JJA-DJF 0.76 | ENSO Tele 0.70 | DJF 0.80 | MAM 0.73 | JJA 0.81 | SON 0.85 | 
| Key Dynamics Variables | Scored/Graded | Unscored | |||||
| psl 0.91 | Annual 0.98 | JJA-DJF 0.92 | ENSO Tele 0.83 | DJF 0.97 | MAM 0.97 | JJA 0.96 | SON 0.98 | 
| sfcWind 0.81 | Annual 0.95 | JJA-DJF 0.92 | ENSO Tele 0.56 | DJF 0.94 | MAM 0.94 | JJA 0.94 | SON 0.94 | 
| zg500 0.85 | Annual 0.94 | JJA-DJF 0.80 | ENSO Tele 0.83 | DJF 0.95 | MAM 0.88 | JJA 0.84 | SON 0.88 | 
| wap500 0.63 | Annual 0.59 | JJA-DJF 0.63 | ENSO Tele 0.67 | DJF 0.59 | MAM 0.51 | JJA 0.61 | SON 0.61 | 
| hur500 0.89 | Annual 0.94 | JJA-DJF 0.89 | ENSO Tele 0.83 | DJF 0.91 | MAM 0.87 | JJA 0.93 | SON 0.95 | 
| 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 0.90 | JJA-DJF 0.44 | ENSO Tele 0.64 | DJF 0.70 | MAM 0.91 | JJA 0.84 | SON 0.91 | 
| albs | Annual 0.96 | JJA-DJF 0.88 | ENSO Tele 0.06 | DJF 0.93 | MAM 0.95 | JJA 0.96 | SON 0.93 | 
| rtmt | Annual 0.98 | JJA-DJF 0.99 | ENSO Tele 0.36 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.99 | JJA 0.98 | SON 0.99 | 
| rsds | Annual 0.97 | JJA-DJF 0.98 | ENSO Tele 0.66 | DJF 0.98 | MAM 0.96 | JJA 0.96 | SON 0.96 | 
| rlds | Annual 0.99 | JJA-DJF 0.97 | ENSO Tele 0.69 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.98 | JJA 0.98 | SON 0.99 | 
| rsns | Annual 0.97 | JJA-DJF 0.97 | ENSO Tele 0.67 | DJF 0.98 | MAM 0.97 | JJA 0.95 | SON 0.97 | 
| rlns | Annual 0.85 | JJA-DJF 0.81 | ENSO Tele 0.37 | DJF 0.83 | MAM 0.83 | JJA 0.83 | SON 0.83 | 
| hfss | Annual 0.82 | JJA-DJF 0.82 | ENSO Tele 0.47 | DJF 0.82 | MAM 0.79 | JJA 0.80 | SON 0.84 | 
| tas | Annual 0.99 | JJA-DJF 0.99 | ENSO Tele 0.77 | DJF 0.99 | MAM 0.99 | JJA 0.99 | SON 0.99 | 
| tasa | Annual 999999.00 | JJA-DJF 999999.00 | DNA | DJF 999999.00 | MAM 999999.00 | JJA 999999.00 | SON 999999.00 | 
| netcf | Annual 999999.00 | JJA-DJF 999999.00 | ENSO Tele 999999.00 | DJF 999999.00 | MAM 999999.00 | JJA 999999.00 | SON 999999.00 | 
| 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 |