Kuanhui Elaine LIN
Name Kuanhui Elaine LIN
Email
Office Tel No. (02) 7749-6560 / 7749-6561
Position Associate Professor and Director
Office Hour Wed 9:00-12:00
Expertise 2K climate reconstruction and historical climate data science Climate and society interactions Disaster risk and cross cultural comparison Vulnerability, resilience and adaptation
Lab Requirements Historical climate reconstruction and risk analysis
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Year Paper Title
2026 Contextualizing contemporary seasonality variations in East Asian tropical cyclone landfalls with a multi-century historical baseline, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Feb. 2026
2025 Intensified tropical cyclone activity in East Asia during the Maunder (solar) Minimum, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 122, Dec. 2025
2025 Climate, peace, and conflict: Past and present--Bridging Insights from historical sciences and contemporary research, Ambio, vol. 54, Feb. 2025
2024 Migration as a hidden risk factor in seismic fatality: spatial modeling of the Chi-Chi earthquake and suburban syndrome, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 24, Dec. 2024
2024 Reconstruction of the Temperature Index Series of China in 1368–1911 based on REACHES database, Scientific Data, vol. 1117, Oct. 2024
2024 Possible impact of the 43 BCE Okmok volcanic eruption in Alaska on the climate of China as revealed in historical documents, Climate of the Past, vol. 20, Jul. 2024
2023 DOCU-CLIM: A global documentary climate dataset for climate reconstructions, Scientific Data, vol. 402, Jun. 2023
2022 Risk communication and community engagement during COVID-19, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 74, May. 2022
2021 Climate indices in historical climate reconstructions: a global state of the art, Climate of the Past, vol. 17, Sep. 2021
2020 The dynamism of post disaster risk communication: A cross-country synthesis, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 48, Sep. 2020
2020 Historical droughts in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) of China, Climate of the Past, vol. 16, Jun. 2020
2020 Temperature, precipitation and sunshine across China, 1912-51: A new daily instrumental dataset, Geoscience Data Journal, vol. 7, Mar. 2020
2019 Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: a global inventory, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 100, Sep. 2019
2019 從清朝文獻紀錄重建颱風序列與時空特徵(Reconstructing Historical Typhoon Series and Spatiotemporal Attributes from REACHES Documentary Records of Qing Dynasty), 地理學報(Journal of Geographical Science), Aug. 2019
2019 Historical weather data for climate risk assessment, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1436, Jan. 2019
2018 Construction of the REACHES climate database based on historical documents of China, Scientific Data, Dec. 2018
2018 Distinguishing the windthrow and hydrogeological effects of typhoon impact on agricultural lands: an integrative OBIA and PPGIS approach, International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 39, Sep. 2018
2017 地震、屋毀與傷亡：集集地震的因果分析(Earthquake, housing damage and fatality: a causal-effect analysis of seismic risk in Chi-Chi earthquakes, 都市與計畫(City and Planning), vol. 44, Sep. 2017
2017 Rethinking communication in risk interpretation and action, Natural Hazards, vol. 88, Sep. 2017
2017 How does resilience matter: an empirical verification of the relationships between resilience and vulnerability, Natural Hazards, vol. 88, Sep. 2017
2016 Indexing livelihood vulnerability to the effects of typhoons in indigenous communities of Taiwan, The Geographical Journal, vol. 182, Sep. 2016
2016 Adaptive capacity of Philippine communities vulnerable to flash floods and landslides: assessing loss and damage from typhoon Bopha in Eastern Mindanao, International Journal of Sustainable Development, vol. 19, Sep. 2016
2016 Loss and damage from typhoon-induced floods and landslides in the Philippines: community perceptions on climate impacts and adaptation options, International Journal of Global Warning, vol. 9, Sep. 2016
2015 脆弱性研究的演變與當前發展, 地理學報, Sep. 2015
2015 An interdisciplinary perspective on social and physical determinants of seismic risk, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Sep. 2015
2014 Reporting on the seminar- risk interpretation and action (RIA): decision making under conditions of uncertainty, Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma studies, vol. 18, Sep. 2014
2013 Everyday crises: marginal society livelihood vulnerability and adaptability to hazards, Progress in Development Studies, vol. 13, Sep. 2013
2006 Vulnerability after a devastating hazard: an interpretation of land use and land cover change in central Taiwan since 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake, 地球科學進展(Advances in Earth Science), vol. 21, Sep. 2006
2004 全球變遷人文面向研究的新發展, 全球變遷通訊雜誌, Sep. 2004
2004 全球變遷下脆弱性與適應性研究方法與方法論的探討, 全球變遷通訊雜誌, vol. 43, Sep. 2004
2004 生態社區之理念探究與城鄉新風貌的架構初擬, 環境與世界, vol. 10, Sep. 2004
Year Paper Title
2025 Climate and social drivers of locust infestations in the Qing dynasty, International Symposium on Past Millennium Climate of East Asia, Oct. 23, 2025, 台北
2025 REACHES Database and Tropical cyclone landfall on the China coast, ACRE 2025: Climate Data Recovery, Sep. 15-16, 2025, Singapore
2025 Asian Summer Monsoon Index reconstructed from mixed approach and the multidecadal variability revealed in 1400-1900s, 8th Climate Hotpots in Action (CHiA) Forum, Aug. 26-28, 2025, 台北
2025 A global synthesis of climate indices reconstructed from historical archives, Conference on Climate Histories, Aug. 18-22, 2025, Uppsala, Sweden
2025 Volcanic Activity in Chinese Historical Literature: Records, Impacts, and Reactions, Conference on Climate Histories, Aug. 18-22, 2025, Uppsala, Sweden
2025 Combining REACHES and SIER databases for historical climate-society analysis in East Asia, Conference on Climate Histories, Aug. 18-22, 2025, Uppsala, Sweden
2025 Monsoon systems: variability, processes, predictability, change and extremes, 2025 臺灣地球科學聯合學術研討會, Jun. 16-19, 2025, 台北
2025 過去七百年中國洪水事件時空群聚分析, 2025 臺灣地球科學聯合學術研討會, Jun. 16-19, 2025, 台北
2025 Climate Change and Pest: An Analysis of Climatic Drivers of Locust Infestations in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 2025 臺灣地球科學聯合學術研討會, Jun. 16-19, 2025, 台北
2025 Annual resolved Northwestern Pacific tropical cyclone series since the mid-14th century: intensified activities during the Maunder Solar Minimum, 2025 臺灣地球科學聯合學術研討會, Jun. 16-19, 2025, 台北
2025 Volcanic Impacts on East Asian Climate: An Analysis Based on REACHES and ModE-RA Databases, Human consequences of past volcanic-induced climatic shocks Workshop, Jun. 10-13, 2025, Switzerland
2025 The grand Maunder Minimum and changing patterns of South an East Asian summer monsoons, European Geosciences Union (EGU), Apr. 27-May. 02, 2025, Vienna
2025 A climate and social-ecological analysis of locust infestation since the mid-17th century in the Chinese dynasty, European Geosciences Union (EGU), Apr. 27-May. 02, 2025, Vienna
2025 Adjusting Standardized Precipitation Index to Analyze Long-Term Drought Patterns from Documentary Records in the Chinese dynasties Since the Mid-14th Century, European Geosciences Union (EGU), Apr. 27-May. 02, 2025, Vienna
2024 Adjusting Standardized Precipitation Index to reconstruct 0.5° x 0.5° drought data from documentary records in the Chinese dynasties since the mid-14th century, ACRE 2024: Drought and Flood meeting, Sep. 23-27, 2024, Corfu, Greece
2024 Vulnerability and the wanderers: Suburban syndrome in the Chi-Chi earthquake, International Conference in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, Sep. 13-14, 2024, Taipei
2024 Annually resolved Northwestern Pacific tropical cyclone series since the 14th century and intensified activity during Maunder Minimum, 7th Climate Hotpots in Action (CHiA) Forum, Aug. 27-29, 2024, 台北
2024 Annually Resolved Northwestern Pacific Tropical Cyclone Series Since 1400: Intensified Activities during the Maunder Minimum (Little Ice Age), European Geosciences Union (EGU), Apr. 14-19, 2024, Vienna
2024 A New 0.5o x 0.5o REACHES-LME Reanalysis Temperature Data Set for East Asia Since the 14th Centurey, European Geosciences Union (EGU), Apr. 14-19, 2024, Vienna
2023 Annually Resolved Northwestern Pacific Tropical Cyclone Series since 1400: Intensified Activities during the Maunder Minimum (Little Ice Age), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 11-15, 2023, San Francisco
2023 氣候變遷下水產養殖風險評估與養殖戶風險認知與因應行動之研究, 2023中華民國第33屆環境教育學術暨實務交流國際研討會, Sep. 01-03, 2023, 台中
2023 A novel East Asian Summer Monsoon index reconstructed from a mixed approach and the multidecadal variability revealed in the 1400s-1900s, INQUA Congress 2023, Jul. 14-20, 2023, 羅馬
2023 The construction of the SIER database for exploring the relationship between climate change and social unrest, Climate and conflict revisited: Perspectives from the past and the present, May. 11-12, 2023, 奧斯陸
2022 A novel East Asian Summer Monsoon index reconstructed from a mixed approach and the multidecadal variability revealed in 1400-1900s, Goldschmidt Conference, Jul. 10-15, 2022, Hawaii(poster presentation)
2022 Locust plagues, climate variability and societal responses in the Chinese dynasties, oral presentation at International Conference on Climate Change and Society: Perspectives from Past and Present, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jun. 16-17, 2022, online
2022 The REACHES high-resolution gridded temperature and humidity index datasets 1368-1911 in eastern China, Taiwan Geosciences Assembly (TGA)台灣地球科學聯合學術研討會, Jun. 07-10, 2022, Taipei
2022 Synchronous natural climate cycles within the past ~3ka observed in six temperature proxies from the poles, central Europe, east Asia and North America, 6th PAGES Open Science Meeting, May. 16-20, 2022, online
2022 The REACHES high-resolution gridded temperature and humidity index datasets 1368-1911 in eastern China, 6th PAGES Open Science Meeting, May. 16-20, 2022, online
2021 Towards a unified description of paleoclimate data and historical documents, The Sixed Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History, Sep. 07-10, 2021, Japan (online)
2020 On the coherence of natural climate cycles of the past 1ka in multiple proxies from central Europe, the Arctic and east Asia, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting, Dec. 01-17, 2020, 0nline
2020 A global review of climate indices in historical climate reconstructions and way forward, 第十四屆臺灣第四紀研討會「歷史紀錄與人類世環境氣候變遷」, Nov. 17-18, 2020, Taipei
2020 新型冠狀肺炎疫情的風險管理、溝通與民眾預防行為之研究, 環境教育研討會-地球日五十年：從山林到海洋的環境學習, Oct. 23-28, 2020, 基隆
2019 Experiments on the reconstruction methods and calibration of the climate series derived from REACHES historical database of China in 1644-1911, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting, Dec. 09-13, 2019, San Francisco, USA
2019 Experiments on the reconstruction methods and calibration of the climate series derived from REACHES historical database of China in 1644-1911, Past Global Changes (PAGES) CRIAS 2nd workshop on Integrating Documentary Evidence into Climate Reconstruction and Impact Studies, Oct. 07-08, 2019, Leipzig Germany
Year Book Title
2022 第五章：弱者受害：台灣巨震風險裡的社會脆弱性。巨震創生：九二一震災的風險分析與制度韌性, 台灣 : 臺大出版中心, 978-986-350-633-1, 175-203, Sep. 2022
2022 第一章：解構巨震。巨震創生：九二一震災的風險分析與制度韌性, 台灣 : 臺大出版中心, 978-986-350-633-1, 17-49, Sep. 2022
2021 綠芽教師(1), : 環境教育學會, Sep. 2021
2015 (1), : 中央研究院, Dec. 2015
2011 Science and Vulnerability Reduction in Taiwan– Cross-scale communication, knowledge co-production, and boundary organization after the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake。Integrating Science and Policy: Vulnerability and Resilience in Global Environmental Change, 美國 : Earthscan, 9781844076062, pp233-268, Jun. 2011
2010 Introducing a “Hot System” Approach to Tipping Points in Humanitarian Crises。Tipping Points in Humanitarian Crises: From Hot Spots and Hot Systems, : United National University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 14-21, Jun. 2010
1998 (1), : , Sep. 1998
Year Project Title Participator Job Title Period Unit
2025 紅樹林皆伐後之生態系服務效益評估–以濁水溪口為例－紅樹林皆伐後之碳匯損失、溫室氣體排放及地表高程變化(總計畫暨子計畫一) 臺灣師範大學永續管理與環境教育研究所 協同/共同主持人 2024.08 ~ 2025.07 國科會
2025 重建東亞過去一千年高解析度乾旱時空目錄 中央研究院環境變遷研究中心、台灣大學氣候變遷與永續發展國際學位學程 主持人 2024.08 ~ 2025.07 國科會
2023 社會衝擊事件記錄(SIER)之數位化並建入REACHES資料庫(3/3) 臺灣師範大學環境教育研究所、中央研究院歷史語言研究所、中央研究院經濟學研究所、中央研究院社會學研究所、中央研究院人文社會科學研究中心 協同/共同主持人 2022.08 ~ 2023.07 國科會
2023 社會衝擊事件記錄(SIER)之數位化並建入REACHES資料庫(2/3) 臺灣師範大學環境教育研究所、中央研究院歷史語言研究所、中央研究院經濟學研究所、中央研究院社會學研究所、中央研究院人文社會科學研究中心 協同/共同主持人 2021.08 ~ 2023.01 國科會
2022 社會衝擊事件記錄(SIER)之數位化並建入REACHES資料庫(1/3) 臺灣師範大學環境教育研究所、中央研究院歷史語言研究所、中央研究院經濟學研究所、中央研究院社會學研究所、中央研究院人文社會科學研究中心 協同/共同主持人 2020.08 ~ 2022.01 國科會
2022 Abrupt Change in Climate and Ecosystems: Where are the Tipping Points? 中央研究院環境變遷研究中心、台灣師範大學環境教育研究所 協同/共同主持人 2019.08 ~ 2022.07 科技部(原國科會)
2018 Reconstructing East Asian Historical Climate Series using China’s Chronological Records in Past Two Millennia 中央研究院環境變遷研究中心、中央研究院人文社會科學研究中心 2015.01 ~ 2018.12 其他政府部門
2015 Communication Influences on Decision-Making in Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: Implications for RIA Framework Indian Research Academy (India), Gulu University (Uganda),Polytechnic State University (USA), University of the Philippines (Philippines) 總主持人 2014.04 ~ 2015.02 其他政府部門
2014 Livelihoods Vulnerabilities to Typhoon Associated Hazards in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Study in Taiwan and the Philippines Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (Germany), Institute of Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines (Philippines) 主持人 2013.03 ~ 2014.02 其他政府部門
School Name Department Degree
National Taiwan University Graduate Institute of Geography PhD
National Taiwan Normal University Department of Geography Bachelor
National Taiwan University Graduate Institute of Geography Master
Organization Title Department Job Title Duration
Academia Sinica Research Center for Environmental Changes Postdoctoral research fellow 2014.03 ~ 2019.07
Academia Sinica Center for Sustainability Science Visiting scholar 2013.03 ~ 2014.02
Clark University, USA George Perkins Marsh Institute Research scientist 2012.11 ~ Up to today
Clark University, USA Graduate Institute of Geography Postdoctoral research fellow 2011.10 ~ 2012.10