Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera: Interplanetary cruise through primary mission

By Michael C. Malin, K. Edgett. 2001

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Context Camera Investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (2007, background): “MOC and THEMIS images also provided further details regarding fretted terrain-type landforms such as the aprons that surround massifs west of Hellas and mesas north of Arabia [Pierce and Crown, 2003; Crown et al., 2005] and the lineated valley floor materials [Carr, 2001; Malin and Edgett, 2001].”
THE IMPORTANCE OF SECONDARY CRATERING TO AGE CONSTRAINTS ON PLANETARY SURFACES (2006, background): “The fine-layered deposits on Mars are probably billions of years old (Malin & Edgett 2001), yet are largely free of small craters, owing to wind erosion.”
North polar cap of Mars: Polar layered deposit characterization and identification of a fundamental climate signal (2005, positive): “…NORTH POLAR CAP OF MARS 4 of 21 E01005 E01005 MILKOVICH AND HEAD: NORTH POLAR CAP OF MARS 5 of 21 E01005 images included in this analysis have been examined in other polar studies [Malin and Edgett, 2001; Kolb and Tanaka, 2001; Laskar et al., 2002], providing an opportunity to compare results.”
The nature of coarse-grained crystalline hematite and its implications for the early environment of Mars (2003, background): “In principle, sulfate-rich fluids could also be an oxidizi agent for iron and produce hematite.”
North polar deposits of Mars: Extreme purity of the water ice (2009, background): “Between the VBF and the NPLD is located the coarse and dark basal unit (BU) – recently interpreted as the Rupes Tenuis unit with pockets of the PlanumBoreum cavi unit [Tanaka et al., 2008] - newly discovered and whose origin is still discussed [Malin and Edgett, 2001; Fishbaugh and Head, 2005].”
Convective vortices and dust devils at the Phoenix Mars mission landing site (2010, background): “Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) widely observed dust devils and dust devil tracks [ Malin and Edgett, 2001; Balme et al., 2003; Fisher et al., 2005; Cantor et al., 2006; Drake et al., 2006].”
Dust aerosol, clouds, and the atmospheric optical depth record over 5 Mars years of the Mars Exploration Rover mission (2014, methodology): “as discrete clouds. No discrete ice clouds were seen at either site outside of L S=20-136°. 4.4. Seasonal variations in insolation and dust devils Dust devils are seen across Mars in orbital imagery [Malin and Edgett, 2001; Cantor et al., 2006], and they have been reported and used to estimate local”
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) (2007, methodology): “[143] Dark slope streaks have been observed to be currently forming on Mars [Malin and Edgett, 2001; Sullivan et al., 2001].”
Simulation of the Martian dust cycle with the GFDL Mars GCM (2004, background): “Images of Mars from orbit and from landers show abundant dust devil activity in the form of dust devils and dust devil tracks across the planet [Metzger et al., 1999; Malin and Edgett, 2001; Cantor et al., 2002; Fisher et al., 2002; Balme et al., 2003; Ferri et al., 2003].”
Active dust devils in Gusev crater, Mars: Observations from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit (2006, background): “Dark dust devil tracks are observed to fade over time, suggesting that the light-toned dust settles back to surface and eventually erases the albedo difference that marks the path of the dust devil [ Malin and Edgett, 2001; Balme et al., 2003].”
Deltaic deposits at Aeolis Dorsa: Sedimentary evidence for a standing body of water on the northern plains of Mars (2013, background): “These issues can be greatly informed with more detailed observations of Mars’ sedimentary record, enabled by the growing amount of high-resolution imagery being sent back to Earth (e.g., Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) [Malin and Edgett, 2001], High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) [McEwen e”
Thermal contraction crack polygons on Mars: Classification, distribution, and climate implications from HiRISE observations (2009, methodology): “Boulder piles are present overlying approximately 40% of northern hemisphere FTS polygons, forming ''basketball terrain'' light and dark patterns observed in MOC images [Malin and Edgett, 2001; Mellon et al., 2007].”
Identification of quartzofeldspathic materials on Mars (2004, methodology): “2.1.3. THEMIS Visible and Near-Infrared Multispectral Camera (VIS)//MOLA//MOC [11] Local morphologic characteristics were obtained using the gridded MOLA [Smith et al., 2001] 256 pixel per degree map and visible THEMIS and MOC [ Malin and Edgett, 2001 ] images.”