Diagnostic Summary for Surface Upward LW 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)]	396.6 - - 0.0	access to plots	- - - - - -
CLM40cn	392.9 -3.8 13.2 0.1	access to plots	0.98 0.97 0.95 0.99 0.71 0.93
CLM45bgc_CRUNCEP	394.2 -2.4 13.6 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.97 0.95 0.99 0.71 0.93
CLM45bgc_GSWP3	397.3 0.6 12.4 0.1	access to plots	0.98 0.97 0.95 0.99 0.69 0.93
CLM45bgc_cCO2	394.0 -2.6 13.6 0.1	access to plots	0.97 0.97 0.95 0.99 0.71 0.93

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