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  • Pairwise data
  • Statistical distributions
  • Gridded data
    • imshow(Z)
    • pcolormesh(X, Y, Z)
    • contour(X, Y, Z)
    • contourf(X, Y, Z)
    • barbs(X, Y, U, V)
    • quiver(X, Y, U, V)
    • streamplot(X, Y, U, V)
  • Irregularly gridded data
  • 3D and volumetric data
  • Plot types
  • Gridded data

Gridded data#

Plots of arrays and images \(Z_{i, j}\) and fields \(U_{i, j}, V_{i, j}\) on regular grids and corresponding coordinate grids \(X_{i,j}, Y_{i,j}\).

imshow(Z)

imshow(Z)

pcolormesh(X, Y, Z)

pcolormesh(X, Y, Z)

contour(X, Y, Z)

contour(X, Y, Z)

contourf(X, Y, Z)

contourf(X, Y, Z)

barbs(X, Y, U, V)

barbs(X, Y, U, V)

quiver(X, Y, U, V)

quiver(X, Y, U, V)

streamplot(X, Y, U, V)

streamplot(X, Y, U, V)

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