[R] Plotting quiver vector tensor arrows 2d field data

[David Forrest]

Hi All,

I'd like to plot something like
http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~weather/mugu/mesodata/analysis.html

Looking through the galleries at
 http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/allgraph.php
 http://r-spatial.sourceforge.net/gallery/
 http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?GraphGallery

 demo(graphics)

I did not find a function to plot a 2d field on a matrix.  I did find
mention of a quiver function in the archives.  Is this the best solution
or are there other tools I missed?

quiver<- function(u,v,scale=1,length=0.05)
# first stab at matlab's quiver in R
# from http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/01c/2711.html
# Robin Hankin Tue 20 Nov 2001 - 13:10:28 EST
  {
    xpos <- col(u)
    ypos <- max(row(u))-row(u)

    speed <- sqrt(u*u+v*v)
    maxspeed <- max(speed)

    u <- u*scale/maxspeed
    v <- v*scale/maxspeed

    matplot(xpos,ypos,type="p",cex=0)
    arrows(xpos,ypos,xpos+u,ypos+v,length=length*min(par.uin()))
  }

par.uin <- function()
  # determine scale of inches/userunits in x and y
  # from http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/01c/2714.html
  # Brian Ripley Tue 20 Nov 2001 - 20:13:52 EST
{
    u <- par("usr")
    p <- par("pin")
    c(p[1]/(u[2] - u[1]), p[2]/(u[4] - u[3]))
}

u <- matrix(rnorm(100),nrow=10)
v <- matrix(rnorm(100),nrow=10)
quiver(u,v)

I added these functions as an example to the Wiki:
http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?GraphGallery
http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?QuiverPlot

Thanks for your time,
Dave
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