Diagnostic Summary for Surface Upward 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)]	396.9 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	390.9 -6.1 17.8 0.1	access to plots	0.96 0.96 0.94 0.89 0.70 0.90
CLM45bgc	392.0 -4.9 18.0 0.1	access to plots	0.96 0.96 0.94 0.89 0.70 0.90

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