CRYOSPHERE
Sea ice
SAR roughness retrievals
Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT) modelling
Glaciology
Geomorphology of debris-covered glaciers
Glacial-periglacial landforms
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs)
Permafrost
Ice-wedge polygons
Rock glacier inventory & InSAR
PLANETARY GEOSCIENCE
Mars cryosphere & mid-latitude glaciation
Planetary analogues
Arctic fieldwork
(RADAR) REMOTE SENSING & GIS
Drone photogrammetry
LiDAR
Radar remote sensing
Synthetic apperture radar (SAR)
Ground penetrating radar (GPR)
MISSION OPS & PLANNING
Earth (SAR)
Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission (TSMM)
ROSE-L
NISAR
CyroSAR
Mars
SHAllow RADar (SHARAD)
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS)
Moon
Canadian Lunar Rover Mission (LRM) & Utlity Vehicle (LUV)
Myrdalsjökull Ice Cap, Iceland glacial geomorphology
Cordillera Blanca, Ancash, Perú sedimentology of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) & hazard mitigation, GIS
Quebrada Cojup, Quilcayhuanca
Laguna Palcacocha, Jircacocha, Llaca, Rajucolta, Paron
Niagara Escarpment, Hamilton drone photogrammetry, GIS
Spencer Creek Watershed
Albion Falls
Devil's Punchbowl
Claremont Access
USA
Kentucky cave/karst hydrology, sediment coring, XRF core analysis
Mammoth Cave
Hidden River Cave
Alaska glaciology, DEM photogrammetry
Kennicott Glacier, Wrangell-St. Elias
Canadian Arctic
Nunavut
Dundas Harbour, Devon Island GPR, drone, GIS
Haughton Crater, Devon Island periglacial sorted patterned ground, LiDAR, GPR, drone, GIS
Strand Fjord, Axel Heiberg LiDAR, drone, ice-wedge polygon morphology & sedimentology, 3D-GPR
Yukon Territory
Kluane SAR, GPR, drone photogrammetry, GIS
Tombstone radar geophysics on debris covered ice
FORTHCOMING
Andres, C.N., Conway, S.J. and Smith, I.B., In Review. Geomorphological Evolution of Debris-covered Glaciers and Latitude Dependent Mantle in Phlegra Montes, Mars. Icarus.
I. B. Smith, C. N. Andres, S. Hubbard, S. Nerozzi, R. Aguilar, P. Buhler, B. Cornford, L. Tamppari, T. N. Titus, In Review. Mars as One System: Insights from the 8th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Icarus.
Andres, C.N., Lee A., Smith., I.B., Lacelle, D., Daly, M.G., Mishev, I., Rabus, B., and Thomson, L., In Prep. Geophysical surveying of ground ice in Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon: Implications for the International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) Mission. AGU Earth and Space Science.
Andres, C.N., Osinski, G.R., Godin, E., Hibbard., S., and Kukko, A. In Prep. Ice-wedge Polygonal Terrain Evolution at Strand Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes.
PEER-REVIEWED
Andres, C.N. and Smith, I.B., 2025. Regional ice‐depth and thickness in Phlegra Montes, Mars from radar characterization of glacial landsystems using SHARAD. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008830.
Hibbard, S. M., Osinski, G. R., Godin, Andres, C., E., Kukko, A., Chartrand, S., Grau Galofre, A., Jellinek, A. M., and Boucher, W., 2024 Glacial Vermicular Ridge Features on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-227
Landis, M.E., Acharya, P.J., Alsaeed, N.R., Andres, C., Becerra, P., Calvin, W.M., Cangi, E.M., Cartwright, S.F.A., Chaffin, M.S., Diniega, S. and Dundas, C.M., 2023. Polar science results from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Multiwavelength, multiyear insights. Icarus, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115794
Becerra, P., Smith, I.B., Hibbard, S., Andres, C., Bapst, J., Bramson, A.M., Buhler, P.B., Coronato, A.,Diniega, S., Emmett, J. and Galofre, A.G., 2021. Past, present, and future of Mars polar science: Outcomes and outlook from the 7th International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration. The Planetary Science Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac19a5
Andres, C. N., Eyles, C. H., Jara, H., and Narro-Pérez, R., 2018. Sedimentological analysis of Paleolake Jircacocha, Cojup Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Revista de Glaciares y Ecosystemas de Montaña, 5, 9–26.
WHITE PAPERS
Andres, C.N., 2025. The Case for Phlegra Montes as a Mid-Latitude Candidate Landing Site for the Search for Life on Mars. NASA Search for Life Mission Science Analysis Group.
Bramson, A., Andres, C., Bapst, J., Becerra, P., et al., 2021. Mid-Latitude Ice on Mars: A Science Target for Planetary Climate Histories and an Exploration Target for In Situ Resources. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4), p.115. https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.cc90422d
Galofre, A.G., Andres, C.N., Becerra, P., Bhardwaj, et al., 2021. A comparative view of glacial and periglacial landforms on Earth and Mars. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53(4), p.101. https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.421a94c3
Arctic sea ice monitoring:
Roughness retrievals using CryoSAR
Ice thickness & geomorphology of debris-covered glaciers in Phlegra Montes, Mars using SHARAD
Reconstruction of 1941 glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Laguna Jircacocha, Cordillera Blanca, Perú