Land cover change between the potential vegetation and current day CLM parameters are globally mapped for seasonal differences in total combined PFT LAI in Figure 3, and tabulated for all land and the five analysis regions in Table III. Over all land, the maps and table both show the current day parameters had substantially lower LAI for all seasons, with the largest decreases in boreal summer (JJA) and autumn (SON). The regional LAI analysis shows that all regions had decreases in LAI with the largest decreases in the Indian region. In India the LAI decreases were larger in the post-monsoon and early dry seasons (SON and DJF) and smaller in the late dry and monsoon seasons (MAM and JJA).