Wind barb plotter

Version 1.3.0.0 (2.91 KB) by Nicholas
Plots wind barbs (in knots) using Matlab's mapping toolbox.
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Updated 28 Nov 2011

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%WINDBARBM Project wind barbs onto map axes
%
% WINDBARBM(lat,lon,u,v) projects two dimensional wind barbs onto the
% current map axes. The vector components (u,v) are in units of knots and
% are specified at the points (lat,lon). It handles winds up to 130 knots.
% Winds exceeding 130 knots will appear as 130 knots.
%
% WINDBARBM(lat,lon,u,v,s) uses the input s to scale the vectors after
% they have been automatically scaled to fit within the grid. If omitted,
% s = 0.9 is assumed.
%
% WINDBARBM(lat,lon,u,v,'PropertyName',PropertyValue,...) and
% WINDBARBM(lat,lon,u,v,s,'PropertyName',PropertyValue,...) uses the
% windbarbm object properties specified to display the windbarb objects.
% The properties supported by windbarbm are the same as the properties
% supported by linem.
%
%
% MFILE: windbarbm.m
% MATLAB: 7.8.0 (R2009a)
% VERSION: 1.3 (28 November 2011)
% AUTHOR: Nick Siler
% CONTACT: siler@atmos.washington.edu

Cite As

Nicholas (2024). Wind barb plotter (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/33851-wind-barb-plotter), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2009a
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
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Version Published Release Notes
1.3.0.0

Now accommodates user specification of wind barb properties (e.g., 'Color', 'LineWidth', etc.)

1.2.0.0

Now handles winds up to 130 knots.

1.0.0.0