How to plot 3D direction and speed using R or MATLAB?

Question

I am looking for a way to plot a wind 3D direction in R or MATLAB.

There are 3 given vector components:

• u : x-axis (horizontal)
• v : y-axis (horizontal)
• w : z-axis (vertical)

For plotting wind directions in 2D, there is the traditional way of using a rose plot like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wind_rose_plot.jpg

Do you have any idea, how I can plot this in 3D using the R statistic engine or MATLAB, by using the additional w vector?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

In MATLAB quiver3 will be the most relevant to your case. More information and examples here.