Diagnostic Summary for Surface Downward LW Radiation: Model vs. CERES

	Global Patterns	Regional Patterns	Scoring (Info)
	Annual Mean (W/m2) Bias (W/m2) RMSE (W/m2) Phase Change (months)	Regional Mean	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Kato et al. (2013)]	331.5 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	322.5 -9.0 23.0 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.93 0.92 0.86 0.71 0.88
CLM45bgc	322.5 -9.0 23.0 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.93 0.92 0.86 0.71 0.88

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