Diagnostic Summary for Surface Downward LW Radiation: Model vs. WRMC.BSRN

	Global Patterns	Regional Patterns	Scoring (Info)
	Annual Mean (W/m2) Bias (W/m2) RMSE (W/m2) Phase Difference (months)	Regional Mean Individual Site	Global Bias RMSE Seasonal Cycle Spatial Distribution Interannual Variability Overall
Benchmark  [Konig-Langl et al. (2013)]	333.3 - - 0.0	access to plots access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	253.3 -79.9 91.6 -0.4	access to plots access to plots	0.83 0.83 0.86 0.17 0.76 0.71
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	253.3 -79.9 91.6 -0.4	access to plots access to plots	0.83 0.83 0.86 0.17 0.76 0.71
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	258.3 -75.0 83.5 -0.3	access to plots access to plots	0.85 0.85 0.88 0.16 0.76 0.73

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