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)]	330.0 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	323.0 -7.0 21.1 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.94 0.92 0.90 0.73 0.89
CLM45bgc	323.0 -7.0 21.1 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.94 0.92 0.90 0.73 0.89
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	325.1 -5.0 12.8 -0.0	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.94 0.96 0.76 0.93

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