For half of every year Tatun Mountain is swept by winds from the northeast, and rain and fog delay the work of surveying and photographing. And, regardless of the season, finding money and qualified assistants is always problematic. Lin's Encyclopedic Survey of the Tatun Volcanic Mountains still has a long road before it.
大屯山區每半年籠罩在東北季風下，雨霧氣候延宕了調查攝影的進度，經費和缺乏學有專精的助手則是無季節性的兩大問題，《大屯火山博物誌》還有一段漫長的路要走。