Publications

2024

• Neish, C.D., Malaska, M.J., Sotin, C., Lopes, R.M.C., Nixon, C.A., Affholder, A., Chatain, A., Cockell, C., Farnsworth, K.K., Higgins, P.M., Miller, K.E., Soderlund, K.M. (2024) Organic input to Titan’s subsurface ocean through impact cratering. Astrobiology 24(2).

• Fassett, C. I., Bramson, A. M., Cahill, J. T. S., Harris, C. P., Morgan, G. A., Neish, C. D., Nypaver, C. A., Patterson, G. W., Rivera-Valentin, E., Taylor, P., Thomson, B. J., Mini-RF Team (2024) An empirical approach to reduce topographic effects in monostatic Mini-RF S-band observations of the Moon. The Planetary Science Journal 5, 4.

• Kalousová, K., Wakita, S., Sotin, C., Neish, C.D., Soderblom, J.M., Souček, O., Johnson, B.C. (2024) Evolution of impact melt pools on Titan. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129, e2023JE008107.

2023

• Virkki, A. K., Neish, C.D., Rivera-Valentín, E., Bhiravarasu, S. S., Hickson, D. C., Nolan, M. C., Orosei, R. (2023) Planetary Radar – State-of-the-Art Review. Remote Sensing 15(23), 5605.

• Osinski, G.R., Melosh, H.J., Andrews-Hanna, J., Baker, D., Denevi, B., Dhingra, D., Ghent, R., Hayne, P.O., Hill, P., James, P.B., Jaret, S., Johnson, B., Kenkmann, T., Kring, D., Mahanti, P., Minton, D., Neish, C.D., Neumann, G., Plescia, J., Potter, R.W.K., Richardson, J., Silber, E., Soderblom, J.M., Zanetti, M., Zellner, N.(2023) Lunar impact features and processes. In: Neal, C., Gaddis, L., Jolliff, B., Lawrence, S., Mackwell, S., Shearer, C., Valencia, S. (Eds.) New Views of the Moon 2. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 89.

• Hedgepeth, J., Neish, C., Bray, V. (2023) Impact crater degradation on Pluto. Planetary Science Journal 4, 190.

• Wakita, S., Johnson, B.C., Soderblom, J. M., Shah, J., Neish, C.D., Steckloff, J. K. (2023) Modeling the formation of Selk impact crater on Titan: Implications for Dragonfly. Planetary Science Journal 4, 51.

• Es-sayeh, M., S. Rodriguez, M. Coutelier, P. Rannou, B. Bézard, L. Maltagliati, T. Cornet, S.B. Grieger, E. Karkoschka, S. Le Mouélic, A. Le Gall, C. Neish, S. MacKenzie, A. Solomonidou, C. Sotin, A. Coustenis (2023) Updated radiative transfer model for Titan in the near-infrared wavelength range: Validation against Huygens atmospheric and surface measurements and application to the Cassini/VIMS observations of the Dragonfly landing area. Planetary Science Journal 4, 44.

2022

• Tolometti, G. D., Neish, C., Hamilton, C., Osinski, G., Kukko, A., Voigt, J. (2022) Differentiating Fissure-Fed Lava Flow Types and Facies Using RADAR and LiDAR: An Example from the 2014-2015 Holuhraun Lava Flow-field. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth 127, e2021JB023419.

• Tolometti, G. D., Erickson, T. M., Osinski, G. R., Cayron, C., Neish, C. (2022) Hot Rocks: Constraining the Thermal Conditions of the Mistastin Lake Impact Melt Deposits Using Zircon Grain Microstructures. Earth and Planetary Science 584, 117523.

• Wakita, S., Johnson, B. C., Soderblom, J. M., Shah, J., Neish, C. D. (2022) Methane saturated layers limit the observability of impact craters on Titan. The Planetary Science Journal 3, 50.

• Hedgepeth, J.E., Buffo, J.J., Chivers, C.J., Neish, C.D., Schmidt, B.E. (2022) Modeling the distribution of HCN in impact crater melt on Titan. The Planetary Science Journal 3, 51.

2021

• Lev, E., Hamilton, C., Voigt, J. Stadermann, A., Zhan, Y., Neish, C. (2021) Emplacement conditions of lunar impact melt flows. Icarus 369, 114578.

• Barnes, J. W. et al. (2021) Science Goals and Objectives for the Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft Relocatable Lander. The Planetary Science Journal 2, 130.

• Schaefer, E., Hamilton, C., Neish, C., Sori, M., Bramson, A., Beard, S. (2021) Reexamining the potential to classify lava flows from the fractality of their margins. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth 126, e2020JB020949.

• Z. R. Morse, G. R. Osinski, L. L. Tornabene, C. Neish (2021) Morphologic mapping and interpretation of ejecta deposits from Tsiolkovskiy Crater. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 56, 767-793.

• C. D. Neish, K. Cannon, L. Tornabene, R. Flemming, M. Zanetti, E. Pilles (2021) Spectral properties of lunar impact melt deposits from Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data. Icarus 361, 114392.

• Lorenz, R. D., MacKenzie, S. M., Neish, C. D., Le Gall, A., Turtle, E. P., Barnes, J. W., Trainer, M. G., Werynski, A., Hedgepeth, J., Karkoschka, E. (2021) Selection and Characteristics of the Dragonfly Landing Site near Selk Crater, Titan. The Planetary Science Journal 2, 24.

• C. Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, C. Neish (2021) The emplacement style of Martian lava flows as inferred from their decimeter- and meter-scale roughness. The Planetary Science Journal 2, 15.

2020

• A. Solomonidou, C. Neish, A. Coustenis, M. Malaska, A. Le Gall, R.M.C. Lopes, A. Werynski, K. Lawrence, N. Atlobelli, O. Witasse, A. Shoenfeld, C. Matsoukas, I. Baziotis, P. Drossart (2020) The chemical composition of impact craters on Titan: Implications for exogenic processing. Astronomy & Astrophysics 641, A16.

• G. Tolometti, C. Neish, G. Osinski, S. Hughes, S. Nawotniak (2020) Interpretations of lava flow properties from radar remote sensing data. Planetary and Space Science 190, 104991.

• J. Hedgepeth, C. Neish, E. Turtle, B. Stiles, R. Kirk, R. Lorenz (2020) Titan’s impact crater population after Cassini. Icarus 344, 113664.

• B-H. Choe, G.R. Osinski, C.D. Neish, L.L. Tornabene (2020) A modified semi-empirical radar scattering model for weathered rock surfaces. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 46, 1-14.

2019

• B-H. Choe, G.R. Osinski, C.D. Neish, L.L. Tornabene (2019) Polarimetric SAR signatures for characterizing geological units in the Canadian Arctic. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 12, 4406-4414.

• C. A. Griffith, P. F. Penteado, J. D. Turner, C. D. Neish, G. Mitri, N. J. Montiel, A. Schoenfeld, and R. M. C. Lopes (2019) Ice-rich corridor exposed on Titan's surface of organic sediments. Nature Astronomy 3, 643-648.

• E. M. Harrington, M. Shaposhnikova, C. D. Neish, L. L. Tornabene, G. R. Osinski, B-H. Choe, M. Zanetti (2019) A polarimetric SAR and multispectral remote sensing approach for mapping salt diapirs: Axel Heiberg Island, NU, Canada. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 45, 54-72.

• G. Wei, X. Li, H. Gan, D. Blewett, C. Neish, B. Greenhagen (2019) A new method for simulation of microwave brightness temperatures and recalibration of Chang’e-2 MRM data using thermal constraints from Diviner. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 124, 1433-1450.

• R. Lopes et al. (2019) Titan as Revealed by the Cassini Radar. Space Science Reviews 215, 33.

• A. Werynski, C. Neish, A. Le Gall, M. Janssen (2019) Compositional variations of Titan’s impact craters indicates active surface erosion. Icarus 321, 508-521.

• A. Hendrix et al. (2019) The NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds. Astrobiology 19, 1-27.

• Y.-C. Zheng, K.L. Chan, K. T. Tsang, Y.-C. Zhu, G. P. Hu, D. T. Blewett, C. Neish (2019) Analysis of Chang’E-2 brightness temperature data and production of high spatial resolution microwave maps of the Moon. Icarus 319, 627-644.

• A. Morrison, M. Zanetti, C. Hamilton, E. Lev, C. Neish, A. Whittington (2019) Rheological investigation of lunar highland and mare impact melt simulants. Icarus 317, 307-323.

2018

• C. D. Neish, R. D. Lorenz, E. P. Turtle, J. W. Barnes, M. G. Trainer, B. Stiles, R. Kirk, C. A. Hibbitts, M. J. Malaska (2018) Strategies for detecting biological molecules on Titan. Astrobiology 18, 571-585.

• G. R. Osinski, R. A. F. Grieve, J. E. Bleacher, C. D. Neish, E. A. Pilles, L. L. Tornabene (2018) Igneous rocks formed by hypervelocity impact. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 353, 25-54.

• V. J. Bray, C. Atwood-Stone, C. D. Neish, A. McEwen, N. Artemieva, J. N. McElwaine (2018) Lobate impact melt flows within the extended ejecta blanket of Pierazzo crater. Icarus 301, 26-36.

2017

• C. D. Neish, R. R. Herrick, M. Zanetti, D. Smith (2017) The role of pre-impact topography in impact melt emplacement on terrestrial planets. Icarus 297, 240-251.

• C. D. Neish, C. W. Hamilton, S. S. Hughes, S. Kobs Nawotniak, W. B. Garry, J. R. Skok, R. C. Elphic, E. Schaefer, L. M. Carter, J. L. Bandfield, G. R. Osinski, D. Lim, J. L. Heldmann (2017) Terrestrial analogues for lunar impact melt flows. Icarus 281, 73-89.

• L.M. Carter, B.A. Campbell, C.D. Neish, M.C. Nolan, G.W. Patterson, J.R. Jensen, D.B.J. Bussey (2017) A Comparison of Radar Polarimetry Data of the Moon from the LRO Mini-RF Instrument and Earth-based Systems. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 55, 1915-1927.

• G.W. Patterson, A.M. Stickle, F.S. Turner, J.R. Jensen, D.B.J. Bussey, P. Spudis, R.C. Espiritu, R.C. Schulze, D.A. Yocky, D.E. Wahl, M. Zimmerman, J.T.S. Cahill, M. Nolan, L. Carter, C.D. Neish, R.K. Raney, B.J. Thomson, R. Kirk, T.W. Thompson, B.L. Tise, I.A. Erteza, C.V. Jakowatz (2017) Bistatic Radar Observations of the Moon using Mini-RF on LRO and the Arecibo Observatory. Icarus 283, 2-19.

• J. Bandfield, J.T. Cahill, L.M. Carter, C.D. Neish, G.W. Patterson, J.-P. Williams, and D.A. Paige (2017) Distal ejecta from lunar impacts: Extensive regions of rocky deposits. Icarus 283, 282-299.

2016

• S.P.D. Birch, A.G. Hayes, W. Dietrich, A.D. Howard, C. Bristow, M.J. Malaska, J. Moore, M. Mastrogiuseppe, J.D. Hofgartner, D.A. Williams, O. White, J. Soderblom, J.W. Barnes, E. Turtle, J.I. Lunine, C. Wood, C. Neish, R. Kirk, E. Stofan, R. Lorenz, and R.M.C. Lopes (2016) Geomorphologic mapping of Titan’s polar terrains: Constraining surface processes and landscape evolution. Icarus 282, 214-236.

• S. Domagal-Goldman et al. (2016) The Astrobiology Primer v2.0. Astrobiology 16, 561- 653.

• B. Greenhagen, C.D. Neish, J.-P. Williams, J. T. Cahill, R. R. Ghent, P. O. Hayne, S. J. Lawrence, N. E. Petro, J. L. Bandfield (2016) Origin of anomalously rocky appearance of Tsiolkovskiy crater. Icarus 273, 237-247.

• C.D. Neish, J.L. Molaro, J.M. Lora, A.D. Howard, R.L. Kirk, P. Schenk, V.J. Bray, R.D. Lorenz (2015) Fluvial erosion as a mechanism for crater modification on Titan. Icarus 270, 114-129.

• M.A. Janssen, A. Le Gall, R.M. Lopes, R.D. Lorenz, M.J. Malaska, A.G. Hayes, C.D. Neish, A. Solomonidou, K.L. Mitchell, J. Radebaugh, S.J. Keihm, M. Choukroun, C. Leyrat, P.J. Encrenaz, M. Mastrogiuseppe (2015) Titan’s surface at 2.18-cm wavelength imaged by the Cassini RADAR radiometer: Results and interpretations through the first ten years of observation. Icarus 270, 443-459.

• M.J. Malaska, R.M. Lopes, D.A. Williams, C.D. Neish, A. Solomonidou, J.M. Soderblom, A.M. Schoenfeld, S.P. Birch, A.G. Hayes, A. Le Gall, M.A. Janssen, T.G. Farr, R.D. Lorenz, J. Radebaugh, and E.P. Turtle (2016) Geomorphological map of the Afekan Crater region, Titan: Terrain relationships in the equatorial and mid-latitude regions. Icarus 270, 130-161.

• R.M.C. Lopes, M.J. Malaska, A. Solomonidou, A. Le Gall, M.A. Janssen, C.D. Neish, E.P. Turtle, S.P.D. Birch, A.G. Hayes, J. Radebaugh, A. Coustenis, A. Schoenfeld, B.W. Stiles, R.L. Kirk, K.L. Mitchell, E.R. Stofan, K.J. Lawrence (2016) Nature, distribution, and origin of Titan’s undifferentiated plains. Icarus 270, 162-182.

• Z.Y.C. Liu, J. Radebaugh, E. H. Christiansen, R.A. Harris, C.D. Neish, R.L. Kirk, and R.D. Lorenz (2016) The tectonics of Titan: Global structural mapping from Cassini RADAR. Icarus 270, 14-29.

2015

• C.D. Neish, J. W. Barnes, C. Sotin, S. MacKenzie, J. M. Soderblom, S. Le Mouelic, R. L. Kirk, B. W. Stiles, M. J. Malaska, A. Le Gall, R. H. Brown, K. H. Baines, B. Buratti, R. N. Clark, P. D. Nicholson (2015) Spectral properties of Titan’s impact craters imply chemical weathering of its surface. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL063824.

2014

• C.D. Neish, L.M. Carter (2014) Planetary radar. In: Spohn, T., Johnson, T. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of the Solar System, 3rd Edition. Academic Press, London, UK, p. 1133-1159.

• C.D. Neish, J. Madden, L.M. Carter, B.R. Hawke, T. Giguere, V.J. Bray, G.R. Osinski, J.T.S. Cahill (2014) Global distribution of lunar impact melt flows. Icarus 239, 105-117.

• H.J. Cleaves, C. Neish, M.P. Callahan, E. Parker, F.M. Fernandez, J.P. Dworkin (2014) Amino acids generated from hydrated Titan tholins: Comparison with Miller-Urey electric discharge products. Icarus 237, 182-189.

• C.D. Neish, R.D. Lorenz (2014) Elevation distribution of Titan’s craters suggests extensive wetlands. Icarus 228, 27-34.

2013

• C.D. Neish, D.T. Blewett, J.K. Harmon, E.I. Coman, J.T.S. Cahill, C.M. Ernst (2013) A comparison of rayed craters on the Moon and Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research 118, doi:10.1002/jgre.20166.

• R.D. Lorenz, B.W. Stiles, O. Aharonson, A. Lucas, A.G. Hayes, R.L. Kirk, H.A. Zebker, E.P. Turtle, F. Nimmo, C.D. Neish, J.W. Barnes, and E.R. Stofan (2013) A global topographic map of Titan. Icarus 225, 367-377.

• R.M.C. Lopes, R.L. Kirk, K.L. Mitchell, A. LeGall, J.W. Barnes, A. Hayes, J. Kargel, L. Wye, J. Radebaugh, E.R. Stofan, M. Janssen, C. Neish, S. Wall, C.A. Wood, and J.I. Lunine (2013) Cryovolcanism on Titan: New results from Cassini RADAR and VIMS. Journal of Geophysical Research 118, 1-20.

• B. Shankar, G.R. Osinski, I. Antonenko, and C.D. Neish (2013) A multispectral geological study of the Schrodinger impact crater. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, 44-63.

• C.D. Neish, R.L. Kirk, R.D. Lorenz, V.J. Bray, P. Schenk, B. Stiles, E. Turtle, K. Mitchell, A. Hayes, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2013) Crater topography on Titan: Implications for landscape evolution. Icarus 223, 82-90.

2012

• S.W. Bell, B.J. Thomson, M.D. Dyar, C.D. Neish, J.T. Cahill, and D.B.J. Bussey (2012) Dating small fresh craters with Mini-RF observations of ejecta blankets. Journal of Geophysical Research 117, E00H30.

• J.E. Moores and 44 colleagues (2012) A Mission Control Architecture for Lunar Sample Return as Field Tested in an Analogue Deployment to the Sudbury Impact Structure. Advances in Space Research 50, 1666-1686.

• C.D. Neish, L.M. Prockter, and G.W. Patterson (2012) Observational constraints on the identification and distribution of chaotic terrain on icy satellites. Icarus 221, 72-79.

• B.J. Thomson, D.B.J. Bussey, C.D. Neish, J.T.S. Cahill, E. Heggy, R.L. Kirk, G.W. Patterson, R.K. Raney, P.D. Spudis, T.W. Thompson, and E. Ustinov (2012) An upper limit for ice in Shackleton crater as revealed by LRO Mini-RF orbital radar. Geophysical Research Letters 39, L14201.

• C.D. Neish, R.D. Lorenz (2012) Titan’s global crater population: A new assessment. Planetary and Space Science 60, 26-33.

• L.M. Carter, C.D. Neish, D.B.J. Bussey, P.D. Spudis, M.S. Robinson, G.W. Patterson, J.T. Cahill, R.K. Raney (2012) Initial observations of lunar impact melts and ejecta flows with the Mini-RF radar. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, E00H09.

2011

• C.D. Neish, D.T. Blewett, D.B.J. Bussey, S.J. Lawrence, M. Mechtley, B.J. Thomson (2011) The surficial nature of lunar swirls as revealed by the Mini-RF instrument. Icarus 215, 186-196.

• C.D. Neish (2011) News and Views: Titan’s nitrogenesis. Nature Geosciences 4, 356-357.

• R.K. Raney, P. Spudis, B. Bussey, J. Crusan, J.R. Jensen, W. Marinelli, P. McKerracher, C. Neish, M. Palsetia, R. Schulze, H. Sequeira, H. Winters (2011) The Lunar Mini-RF Radars: Hybrid Polarimetric Architecture and Initial Results. Proceedings of the IEEE 99, 808-823.

• C.D. Neish, D.B.J. Bussey, P. Spudis, W. Marshall, B.J. Thomson, G.W. Patterson, L.M. Carter (2011) The nature of lunar volatiles as revealed by Mini-RF observations of the LCROSS impact site. Journal of Geophysical Research 116, E01005.

2010

• C.D. Neish, A. Somogyi, and M.A. Smith (2010) Titan’s primoridal soup: Formation of amino acids via low temperature hydrolysis of tholins. Astrobiology 10, 337-347.

• C.D. Neish, R.D. Lorenz, R.L. Kirk, and L.C. Wye (2010) Radarclinometry of the sand seas of Africa’s Namibia and Saturn’s moon Titan. Icarus 208, 385-394.

• D.B.J. Bussey, J.A. McGovern, P.D. Spudis, C.D. Neish, H. Noda, Y. Ishihara, and S-A. Sorensen (2010) Illumination conditions of the south pole of the Moon derived using Kaguya topography. Icarus 208, 558-564.

• P.D. Spudis and 29 colleagues (2010) Initial results for the north pole of the Moon from Mini-SAR, Chandrayaan-1 mission. Geophysical Research Letters 37, L06204.

2009

• C.D. Neish, A. Somogyi, J.I. Lunine, and M.A. Smith (2009) Low temperature hydrolysis of laboratory tholins in ammonia-water solutions: Implications for prebiotic chemistry on Titan. Icarus 201, 412-421.

• A. Coustenis, S.K. Atreya, T. Balint, R.H. Brown, M.K. Dougherty, F. Ferri, M. Fulchignoni, D. Gautier, R.A. Gowen, C.A. Griffith, L.I. Gurvits, R. Jaumann, Y. Langevin, M.R. Leese, J.I. Lunine, C.P. McKay, X. Moussas, I. M√ºller-Wodarg, F. Neubauer, T.C. Owen, F. Raulin, E.C. Sittler, F. Sohl, C. Sotin, G. Tobie, T. Tokano, E.P. Turtle, J.-E.Wahlund, J.H. Waite, K.H. Baines, J. Blamont, A.J. Coates, I. Dandouras, T. Krimigis, E. Lellouch, R.D. Lorenz, A. Morse, C.C. Porco, M. Hirtzig, J. Saur, T. Spilker, J.C. Zarnecki, E. Choi, C.D. Neish, and 111 colleagues (2009) TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission. Experimental Astronomy 23, 893-946.

2008

• C.D. Neish, R.D. Lorenz, and R.L. Kirk (2008) Radar topography of domes on planetary surfaces. Icarus 196, 552-564.

• C.D. Neish, A. Somogyi, H. Imanaka, J.I. Lunine, and M.A. Smith (2008) Rate measurements of the hydrolysis of organic polymers in cold aqueous solutions: Implications for prebiotic chemistry on the early Earth and Titan. Astrobiology 8, 273-287.

2007

• R.M.C. Lopes, K.L. Mitchell, E.R. Stofan, J. I. Lunine, R. Lorenz, F. Paganelli, R. L. Kirk, C.A. Wood, S.D. Wall, L. Robshaw, A.D. Fortes, C.D. Neish, J. Radebaugh, E. Reffet, C. Elachi, G. Boubin, M. D. Allison, Y. Anderson, R. Boehmer, P. Callahan, P. Encrenaz, E. Flamini, G. Francescetti, Y. Gim, G. Hamilton, S. Hensley, M. A. Janssen, W. T. K. Johnson, K. Kelleher, D. O. Muhleman, G. Ori, R. Orosei, S. J. Ostro, G. Picardi, F. Posa, L. E. Roth, R. Seu, S. Shaffer, L. A. Soderblom, B. Stiles, S. Vetrella, R.D. West, L. Wye, and H. A. Zebker (2007) Cryovolcanic features on Titan‚Äôs surface as revealed by the Cassini Radar Mapper. Icarus 186, 395-412.

2006

• C.D. Neish, R.D. Lorenz, D.P. O’Brien, and the Cassini RADAR Team (2006) The potential for prebiotic chemistry in the possible cryovolcanic dome Ganesa Macula on Titan. The International Journal of Astrobiology 5, 57-65.

2002

• P.C. Gregory, and C.D. Neish (2002) Density and velocity structure of the Be star equatorial disk in the binary LS I +61 303, a probable microquasar. The Astrophysical Journal 580, 1133-1148