This study focuses on the detection of temporal changes in annual maximum gauge height (GH) across the continental United States and their relationship to changes in short- and long-term precipitation. Analyses are based on 1,805 U.S. Geological Survey records over the 1985–2015 period and are performed using quantile regression. Trends were significant only at a limited number of sites, with a higher number of detections at the tails of the distribution.

Villarini, G., and L.J. Slater, Examination of changes in annual maximum gage height in the continental United States using quantile regression, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 23(3), 1-5, 2018.