Diagnostic Summary for Surface Downward LW Radiation: Model vs. GEWEX.SRB

	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  [Stackhouse et al. (2011)]	328.1 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	320.6 -7.5 23.2 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.93 0.93 0.85 0.71 0.88
CLM45bgc	320.6 -7.5 23.2 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.93 0.93 0.85 0.71 0.88

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