This regional network hosted at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) centralizes data and indices for the monitoring of drought and wet episodes in the Caribbean. The CDPMN output can be viewed on the CIMH website for the Caribbean basin drought monitor as well as a national level monitor for Barbados.
The launch of the CDPMN was timely as it was used to formulate drought alerts for the region in 2009 and 2010. Details are given in the poster Drought Early warning and Risk Reduction: A Case Study of the Caribbean Drought of 2009-2010.
CARIWIN launched The CDPMN in 2009.