The session aims at reviewing the present knowledge about storm surge climate. Local, regional and global scales will be covered. Emphasize will be on past and potential future changes in storm surge climates.

Papers in this theme may address:
- multi-decadal numerical simulations of storm surges or climate change projections
- analyses of global, regional, and local aspects of storm surge climate
- analyses of long-term changes comprising past and potential future developments
- analyses of long-term observational data