Diagnostic Summary for Surface Downward SW 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)]	188.9 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	197.2 8.2 17.7 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.92 0.95 0.98 0.59 0.88
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	197.2 8.2 17.7 0.2	access to plots	0.94 0.92 0.95 0.98 0.59 0.88
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	188.6 -0.3 3.3 -0.0	access to plots	0.99 0.98 0.99 1.00 0.62 0.93

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