Error-inducing quiverm documentation

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The documentation for quiverm describes quiverm(lat,lon,u,v), where lat and lon represent latitude and longitude, respectively, which makes sense so far. Unfortunately, a rather misleading oversight was made in defining u and v. The documentation states that u and v represent vectors in latitude and longitude, respectively, despite the convention of letting u represent a zonal component and v represent a meridional component. This is akin to defining x and y as vertical and horizontal components, respectively. Sure, you can do it, but it is misleading because it defies a well-established convention.
Is there a justification defining u as a meridional component and v as a zonal component?
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dpb
dpb on 21 May 2014
I'd recommend submitting the recommendation for the change in documentation directly to TMW support at mathworks.com
Chad Greene
Chad Greene on 22 May 2014
Good thinking. We'll see if any changes come of it.

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Chad Greene
Chad Greene on 22 May 2014
This FEX submission by Andrew Roberts gets it right.
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Chad Greene
Chad Greene on 29 Jul 2014
Alternatively, I have adapted Dr. Roberts' submission into quivermc which offers slightly different plotting options.

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