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)]	397.7 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	390.7 -7.0 16.3 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.70 0.92
CLM45bgc	392.0 -5.8 16.5 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.70 0.92
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	394.9 -2.9 15.5 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.97 0.95 0.97 0.68 0.92

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