Research Article

Rainfall Mechanisms for the Dominant Rainfall Mode over Zimbabwe Relative to ENSO and/or IODZM

Table 1

Eigenvalues, percentages of the total variance explained by EOF 1 to 4, the corresponding percentage of the accumulated variance, and the correlation values between the PC amplitudes and Zim SPI. Significant values above 95% confidence level are indicated in bold.

EOFEigenvaluesVariance percentAccumulated variance percentCorrelation Coeff. with Zim SPI

PC133.83561.68661.686 0.992
PC24.5218.24369.929 −0.068
PC31.8673.40573.333 −0.021
PC4 1.312.38875.721 0.026