.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_barbs.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_barbs.py:


Barbs
-----

Plotting barbs.





.. image:: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_barbs_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    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, 80, 10, 85], crs=ccrs.PlateCarree())
        ax.stock_img()
        ax.coastlines()

        x, y, u, v, vector_crs = sample_data(shape=(10, 14))
        ax.barbs(x, y, u, v, length=5,
                 sizes=dict(emptybarb=0.25, spacing=0.2, height=0.5),
                 linewidth=0.95, transform=vector_crs)

        plt.show()


    if __name__ == '__main__':
        main()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.026 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_barbs.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: barbs.py <barbs.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: barbs.ipynb <barbs.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_