Diagnostic Summary for Surface Net 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)]	-65.4 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	-68.4 -3.0 15.6 0.5	access to plots	0.81 0.78 0.82 0.92 0.46 0.76
CLM45bgc	-69.6 -4.1 15.6 0.5	access to plots	0.81 0.78 0.82 0.92 0.46 0.76

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