Table 2 PCA loadings of topographic and Climatic variables for the first four principal components (PC1–PC4).

From: Enhancing demarcation in regionalization in the eastern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau through geographically weighted

Variables

Elevation

Plan_Cur

Rainfall

Profile_Cur

Slope

Temperature

PC1

−0.66

−0.02

−0.27

−0.04

0.16

0.68

PC2

0.05

−0.63

−0.27

−0.62

−0.37

−0.02

PC3

0.08

0.31

−0.60

0.34

−0.65

0.02

PC4

0.00

−0.70

−0.02

0.71

0.05

0.01