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)]	396.1 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	392.2 -3.9 16.1 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.79 0.92
CLM45bgc	393.4 -2.7 16.3 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.93 0.94 0.78 0.92
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	396.1 -0.0 14.5 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.97 0.93 0.96 0.78 0.93

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