function add_arrow(lonmin,lonmax,latmin,latmax,cunit,cscale,width,height)
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%
% add an arrow in a vector plot (under m_map)
%
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%  
%  This file is part of CROCOTOOLS
%
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%
%  Copyright (c) 2002-2006 by Pierrick Penven 
%  e-mail:Pierrick.Penven@ird.fr  
%
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global MAP_PROJECTION MAP_VAR_LIST
if isempty(MAP_PROJECTION)
  disp('No Map Projection initialized - call M_PROJ first!')
  return
end
%
% Get the dimension of the domain in figure coordinates
%
[x(1),y(1)]=m_ll2xy(lonmin,latmin); %bottom left corner
[x(2),y(2)]=m_ll2xy(lonmax,latmin); %bottom right corner
[x(3),y(3)]=m_ll2xy(lonmin,latmax); %top left corner
[x(4),y(4)]=m_ll2xy(lonmax,latmax); %top right corner
xmin=min(x);
xmax=max(x);
ymin=min(y);
ymax=max(y);
%
%  Define the position of the arrow 
% (upper left corner of the new subplot)
%
fac=0.01;
long=lonmin+fac*(lonmax-lonmin);
lat=latmax-fac*(latmax-latmin);
%
%  Define the scale of the arrow 
%
U=cunit*cscale/20;
V=0;
%
%  Define positions of the arrow in figure coordinates 
%
[X,Y]=m_ll2xy(long,lat,'clip','point');
%
%  Define the size of the new subplot
%
ratio1=(xmax-xmin)/(ymax-ymin);
ratio2=width/height;
if ratio2>=ratio1
 width=ratio1/ratio2;
else
 height=ratio2/ratio1;
end 
%
subplot('position',[0.6 0.06-height width height])
quiver(X,Y,U,0,0,'k')
text(X+U/2,Y,[num2str(cunit),' m.s^{-1}'],...
     'HorizontalAlignment','center',...
     'VerticalAlignment','bottom')
axis image                 
axis([xmin xmax ymin ymax])
set(gca,'visible','off')