quiverwcolorbar

Generates a quiver plot colored according to vector magnitude and/or user specified axis boundaries.

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quiverwcolorbar adds functionality to the original quiver function by assigning color to the arrows according to the vector magnitude. The corresponding colorbar spans the minimum and maximum values of the dataset or can be specified by the user. Any changes to the colorbar boundaries change the vector colors accordingly.
Syntax:
quiverwcolorbar(x,y,u,v,scale,'bounds',[colormin colormax])

Inputs:
x, y: Vector locations
u, v: Vector directions (East-West, North-South)
scale: Scalar value to set vector lengths
'bounds': Optional setting to specify colorbar axis minimum and maximum values

Example:
x = rand(1,50).*100;
y = rand(1,50).*100;
u = rand(1,50) .* 10;
v = rand(1,50) .* 10;
scale = 0;
figure; quiverwcolorbar(x',y',u',v',scale); %compare to:
figure; quiverwcolorbar(x',y',u',v',scale,'bounds',[0 10]);

Cite As

Melissa Day (2026). quiverwcolorbar (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/40224-quiverwcolorbar), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired by: Quiverc, quiverc2wcmap, vfield_color, quiver2.m v1.2 (Nov 2009)

Inspired: quivermc

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.8.0.0

Fixed so scale can be used to change arrow size

1.7.0.0

Minor typo fixes

1.5.0.0

Fixed some typos, added bit in case min(xyuvvrNNs) < colormin

1.3.0.0

changed spacing in description

1.2.0.0

Fixed some typos, added bit in case min(xyuvvrNNs) < colormin

1.1.0.0

n/a

1.0.0.0