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)]	330.9 - - 0.0	access to plots access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	258.9 -72.0 81.4 -0.1	access to plots access to plots	0.85 0.84 0.85 0.14 0.72 0.71
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	258.9 -72.0 81.4 -0.1	access to plots access to plots	0.85 0.84 0.85 0.14 0.72 0.71
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	264.5 -66.3 73.3 0.0	access to plots access to plots	0.87 0.87 0.88 0.12 0.74 0.73
CLM45bgc_cCO2	258.9 -72.0 81.4 -0.1	access to plots access to plots	0.85 0.84 0.85 0.14 0.72 0.71

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