Diagnostic Summary for Surface Net LW Radiation: Model vs. CERES

	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  [Kato et al. (2013)]	-65.9 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	-69.8 -3.9 15.2 0.5	access to plots	0.84 0.81 0.82 0.93 0.56 0.80
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	-71.2 -5.3 15.2 0.5	access to plots	0.84 0.81 0.82 0.93 0.56 0.80
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	-71.3 -5.5 12.5 0.2	access to plots	0.88 0.84 0.85 0.95 0.70 0.84

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