[R] Seeking Assistance: Plotting Sea Current Vectors in R

[konstantinos christodoulou]

Thank you Jim for your response. I will try it now and then let you know if
it works.

Kind regards,
Kostas

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 1:59 AM Jim Lemon <drjimlemon using gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kostas,
> The function vectorField in the plotrix package may do what you want.
> See the example.
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 9:30 PM konstantinos christodoulou
> <konstantinos.christodoulou1 using gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Rcommunity,
> >
> > I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to seek your assistance
> with
> > a data visualization problem I am facing while working with R.
> >
> > Problem Description:
> >
> > I have a dataframe named "df" containing the following columns:
> > "longitude", "latitude", "sea_currents_mag", and
> "sea_currents_direction".
> > The dataframe includes sea current estimations, with information about
> > magnitude (m/s) and direction (degrees) at various longitude and latitude
> > coordinates. The study domain covers the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (23E
> to
> > 36W) and extends from 31S to 37N. It is important to note that the
> > longitude and latitude coordinates are not evenly spaced across the
> domain.
> >
> > Objective: I am seeking guidance on how to create a plot that visualizes
> > the sea current vectors (arrows) at each coordinate. Additionally, if
> > possible, I would like the borders of the surrounding countries to be
> > included in the plot to provide geographic context.
> >
> > Specific Requests:
> >
> >    1. Help with plotting sea current vectors (arrows) based on
> >    "sea_currents_mag" and "sea_currents_direction" at each corresponding
> >    longitude and latitude coordinate.
> >    2. Assistance with including the borders of the surrounding countries
> in
> >    the plot to provide geographic context.
> >
> > I would highly appreciate any advice, code examples, or packages that
> could
> > assist me in achieving this visualization goal.
> >
> > Thank you very much for taking the time to read my email, and I look
> > forward to any assistance you can provide.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Kostas
> >
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