Table 5.

Major Disturbance or Climatic/Weather Events That May Have Impacted the Carbon Cycle Across the Region

Year	Event
1998	ENSO+, warm/dry summer
2001	Forest tent caterpillar defoliation at US‐WCr and footprint of US‐PFa, June
2002–2008	Water table decline at US‐Los
2010	Water table rises at US‐Los
2012	Early, warm spring, summer Midwest drought
2013	Winter thinning harvest 15% biomass US‐WCr
2014	Winter thinning harvest 15% biomass US‐WCr
2016	ENSO+
2017	Overstory live tree mortality US‐Syv, May
2018	Overstory dead tree mortality US‐Syv, November