Streamplot

Generating a vector-based streamplot.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import cartopy.crs as ccrs
from cartopy.examples.arrows import sample_data


def main():
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.PlateCarree())
    ax.set_extent([-90, 75, 10, 85], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())
    ax.coastlines()

    x, y, u, v, vector_crs = sample_data(shape=(80, 100))
    magnitude = (u ** 2 + v ** 2) ** 0.5
    ax.streamplot(x, y, u, v, transform=vector_crs,
                  linewidth=2, density=2, color=magnitude)
    plt.show()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 3.772 seconds)