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)]	-66.1 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	-70.0 -3.8 16.0 0.5	access to plots	0.84 0.80 0.81 0.92 0.57 0.79
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	-71.3 -5.2 16.1 0.5	access to plots	0.84 0.80 0.81 0.92 0.57 0.79
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	-71.5 -5.3 13.4 0.2	access to plots	0.87 0.83 0.84 0.95 0.72 0.84
CLM45bgc_cCO2	-71.2 -5.0 15.9 0.5	access to plots	0.84 0.80 0.81 0.92 0.57 0.79

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