Fig. 5

The forest carbon accounting framework implemented here can be useful in assessing carbon impacts of localized disturbances. a 2007 tornado in Lakewood, Wisconsin. The tornado track from NOAA (right) resulted in extensive impacts to the forest, which is evident in an aerial photo (left) and in the resulting estimate of net carbon change (center, in units of Mg C ha⁻¹). b 2007 wild fire in southern California’s Santa Barbara County, termed the “Zaca” fire. A photo of the blaze (left) highlights the fire intensity, which is mirrored in the burn severity map (right, MTBS) and the resulting net carbon change estimate (center, in units of Mg C ha⁻¹)