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)]	-66.1 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	-69.2 -3.2 16.2 0.5	access to plots	0.81 0.77 0.81 0.93 0.53 0.77
CLM45bgc	-70.4 -4.4 16.2 0.5	access to plots	0.81 0.77 0.81 0.93 0.52 0.77
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	-71.0 -4.9 13.6 0.1	access to plots	0.85 0.81 0.84 0.95 0.65 0.82

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