Rainfall and Cloud Dynamics in the Andes: A Southern Ecuador Case Study

Table 1

Precipitation stations of the Paute river basin. INAMHI (Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología) stations with daily data and ETAPA (Empresa Pública Municipal de Teléfonos, Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Cuenca) with hourly data. Stations used for validation of rainfall models.

#	Code	Name	Lat (deg.)	Log (deg.)	Altitude (m a.s.l.)	Institution
1	M045	Palmas			2400	INAMHI
2	M137	Biblian			2640	INAMHI
3	M138	Paute			2289	INAMHI
4	M139	Gualaceo			2360	INAMHI
5	M141	El Labrado			3260	INAMHI
6	M197	Jacarin			2700	INAMHI
7	M217	Peñas Coloradas			2000	INAMHI
8	M410	Mazar Rivera			2450	INAMHI
9	M414	Chanin			3020	INAMHI
10	M418	Cumbe			2720	INAMHI
11	M424	Sigsig Inamhi			2600	INAMHI
12	M426	Ricaurte			2545	INAMHI
13	M427	Sayausi			2710	INAMHI
14	M431	Sevilla de Oro			2360	INAMHI
15	M067	Cuenca Aeropuerto			2516	INAMHI
16	—	Jima			2898	ETAPA
17	—	Portete			3174	ETAPA
18	—	La Esmeralda			3171	ETAPA
19	—	Chanlud			3485	ETAPA