The North American Drought Monitor: A Continental Approach

The U.S. Drought Monitor Since 1999, NOAA (CPC and NCDC), USDA, and the NDMC have produced a weekly composite drought map -- the U.S. Drought Monitor -- with input from numerous federal and non-federal partners. History of the North American Drought Monitor (NADM) The concept for the NADM was developed and discussed in 2002 The first NADM map was released in March 2003 The first NADM map in all three languages (English, Spanish, and French)was released in October 2003 History of the NADM The United States started off as the only country to author and organize the map Canada began authoring in January 2006 Mexico began authoring in October 2008 North American Drought Monitor Partners Canada Agriculture and Agrifood Canada Environment Canada Meteorological Service of Canada Mexico National Meteorological Service of Mexico (SMN-Servicio Meteorologico Nacional) CONAGUA (Comision Nacional del Agua) United States National Drought Mitigation Center National Climatic Data Center Climate Prediction Center United States Department of Agricultur