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)]	397.3 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	390.6 -6.8 16.2 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.63 0.90
CLM45bgc	391.8 -5.5 16.4 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.62 0.90
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	394.7 -2.6 15.4 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.95 0.97 0.59 0.90

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