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)]	396.5 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	392.9 -3.6 15.6 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.97 0.94 0.94 0.76 0.93
CLM45bgc	394.1 -2.3 15.8 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.97 0.94 0.94 0.76 0.93
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	396.8 0.3 13.8 0.1	access to plots	0.98 0.97 0.94 0.96 0.75 0.93

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