Diagnostic Summary for Surface Upward 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)]	398.7 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	389.3 -9.4 18.5 0.1	access to plots	0.96 0.96 0.94 0.91 0.61 0.89
CLM45bgc	390.5 -8.2 18.7 0.1	access to plots	0.96 0.96 0.94 0.91 0.61 0.89

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