Table 2 Percentage of variance explained by the first two varimax loadings (EOFs) of bioclimatic variables from 1961 to 2022.

From: Continuous decline of climate fluctuations in the Kunlun–Pamir Plateau from the perspective of the bioclimatic variables

Bioclimatic variables

The first mode (EOF1)

variance contribution rate/%

The second mode (EOF2)

variance contribution rate/%

Cumulative

variance contribution rate/%

BIO1

83

10

93

BIO2

68

11

79

BIO3

54

26

80

BIO4

64

26

90

BIO5

49

33

82

BIO6

66

21

87

BIO7

55

26

81

BIO8

34

12

46

BIO9

25

12

37

BIO12

56

12

68

BIO14

56

10

66

BIO15

31

15

46

BIO17

59

15

74

BIO18

31

23

54

BIO19

76

10

86