Diagnostic Summary for Surface Downward LW Radiation: Model vs. GEWEX.SRB

	Global Patterns	Regional Patterns	Scoring (Info)
	Annual Mean (W/m2) Bias (W/m2) RMSE (W/m2) Phase Difference (months)	Regional Mean	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Stackhouse et al. (2011)]	326.0 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	323.0 -3.1 19.0 0.2	access to plots	0.95 0.95 0.93 0.93 0.77 0.91
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	323.0 -3.1 19.0 0.2	access to plots	0.95 0.95 0.93 0.93 0.77 0.91
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	326.1 0.1 2.2 0.0	access to plots	0.99 0.99 0.99 1.00 0.84 0.97

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