Climatology and Teleconnections of Mesoscale Convective Systems in an Andean Basin in Southern Ecuador: The Case of the Paute Basin

Table 2

Eigenvalues, percentage of the explained variance, and percentage of cumulative explained variables for 10 principal components, based on the principal component analysis of the tropical Atlantic region

Principal component	Eigenvalue	Explained variance (%)	Cumulative explained variance (%)
1	0.0336	22.55	22.55
2	0.0263	17.70	40.25
3	0.0212	14.25	54.50
4	0.0106	7.15	61.65
5	0.0093	6.26	67.91
6	0.0081	5.46	73.37
7	0.0053	3.57	76.94
8	0.0045	3.01	79.94
9	0.0040	2.68	82.63
10	0.0028	1.88	84.50

Bold values indicate the highest correlation patterns with MCS-E.