The following articles describe the background and key, selected results of the Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera investigation published by Malin Space Science Systems personnel.

• An overview of the 1985–2006 Mars Orbiter Camera science investigation
  by M. C. Malin, K. S. Edgett, B. A. Cantor, M. A. Caplinger, G. E. Danielson, E. H. Jensen, M. A. Ravine, J. L. Sandoval, and K. D. Supulver
  Mars, 5, 1–60, doi:10.1555/mars.2010.0001, 2010.
  Free access to the paper: Full Text

• MOC observations of the 2001 Mars planet-encircling dust storm
  by B. A. Cantor
  Icarus, 186, 60–96, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.019, 2007.

• Present-day impact cratering rate and contemporary gully activity on Mars
  by M. C. Malin, K. S. Edgett, L. V. Posiolova, S. M. McColley, and E. Z. N. Dobrea
  Science, 314, 1573–1577, doi:10.1126/science.1135156, 2006.
  Supporting Data and Crater Catalog

• Mars Orbiter Camera observations of martian dust devils and their tracks
  (September 1997 to January 2006) and evaluation of theoretical vortex models
  by B. A. Cantor, K. M. Kanak, and K. S. Edgett
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, E12002, doi:10.1029/2006JE002700, 2006.

• Hidden in plain sight: Finding martian landers
  by M. C. Malin
  Sky & Telescope, 110(1), 42–46, July 2005.

• Evidence for late stage fluvial activity in Kasei Valles, Mars
  by R. M. E. Williams and M. C. Malin
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, E06001, doi:10.1029/2003JE002178, 2004.

• Evidence for persistent flow and aqueous sedimentation on early Mars
  by M. C. Malin and K. S. Edgett
  Science, 302, 1931–1934, doi:10.1126/science.1090544, 2003.
  Free access to the paper, courtesy of Science: Abstract, Full Text

• Graphite-epoxy optical systems: Lessons learned on the way to Mars
  by M. A. Ravine, E. A. Derby, G. E. Danielson, M. C. Malin, J. Richer,
  T. A. Soulanille, and A. R. Telkamp
  Proceedings of SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, 5179,
  311–322, doi:10.1117/12.507967, 2003.

• Mars landscape evolution: Influence of stratigraphy on geomorphology in the north polar region
  by K. S. Edgett, R. M. E. Williams, M. C. Malin, B. A. Cantor, and P. C. Thomas,
  Geomorphology, 52, 289–297, doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00262-3, 2003.
  Free access to self-archived, PDF version of the paper: Full Text

• Martian sedimentary rock stratigraphy: Outcrops and interbedded craters
  of northwest Sinus Meridiani and southwest Arabia Terra
  by K. S. Edgett and M. C. Malin
  Geophysical Research Letters, 29(24), 2179, doi:10.1029/2002GL016515, 2002.
  

• Multiyear Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) observations of repeated Martian
  weather phenomena during the northern summer season
  by B. Cantor, M. Malin, K. S. Edgett
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(E3), 5014, doi:10.1029/2001JE001588, 2002.
  

• Atmospheric monitoring of Mars by the Mars Orbiter Camera on Mars Global Surveyor
  by P. B. James and B. A. Cantor
  Advances in Space Research, 29(2), 121&8211;1219, doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(01)00561-0, 2002.

• Observational evidence for an active surface reservoir of solid
  carbon dioxide on Mars
  by M. C. Malin, M. A. Caplinger, and S. D. Davis
  Science, 294, 2146–2148, doi:10.1126/science.1066416, 2001.
  Free access to the paper, courtesy of Science: Abstract, Full Text

• Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera: Interplanetary Cruise through Primary Mission
  by M. C. Malin and K. S. Edgett
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(E10), 23,429–23,570, doi:10.1029/2000JE001455, 2001.
  

• Mars Orbiter Camera Geodesy Campaign
  by M. A. Caplinger and M. C. Malin
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(E10), 23,595–23,606, doi:10.1029/2000JE001341, 2001.
  

• Surveying the latest pictures from Mars
  by K. S. Edgett and M. C. Malin
  California Geology, 54(1), 16–28, January–February 2001.
  Free access to PDF of the entire Jan/Feb 2001 issue: Full Text

• Sedimentary rocks of early Mars
  by M. C. Malin and K. S. Edgett
  Science, 290, 1927–1937, doi:10.1126/science.290.5498.1927, 2000.
  Free access to the paper, courtesy of Science: Abstract, Full Text

• Evidence for recent groundwater seepage and surface runoff on Mars
  by M. C. Malin and K. S. Edgett
  Science, 288, 2330–2335, doi:10.1126/science.288.5475.2330, 2000.
  Free access to the paper, courtesy of Science: Abstract, Full Text

• Oceans or seas in the martian northern lowlands:
  High resolution imaging tests of proposed coastlines
  by M. C. Malin and K. S. Edgett
  Geophysical Research Letters, 26(19), 3049–3052, doi:10.1029/1999GL002342, 1999.
  Free access to self-archived, PDF version of the paper: Full Text

• Visions of Mars
  by M. C. Malin
  Sky & Telescope, 97(4), 42–49, April 1999.

• Early views of the martian surface from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor
  by M. C. Malin, M. H. Carr, G. E. Danielson, M. E. Davies, W. K. Hartmann,
  A. P. Ingersoll, P. B. James, H. Masursky, A. S. McEwen, L. A. Soderblom, P. Thomas,
  J. Veverka, M. A. Caplinger, M. A. Ravine, T. A. Soulanille, and J. L. Warren
  Science, 279, 1681–1685, doi:10.1126/science.279.5357.1681, 1998.
  Free access to the paper, courtesy of Science: Full Text

• The Mars Observer Camera
  by M. C. Malin, G. E. Danielson, A. P. Ingersoll, H. Masursky, J. Veverka,
  M. A. Ravine and T. A. Soulanille
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 97(E5), 7699–7718, doi:10.1029/92JE00340, 1992.
  Free access to self-archived, HTML version of the paper: Full Text

• Design and development of the Mars Observer Camera
  by M. C. Malin, G. E. Danielson, M. A. Ravine and T. A. Soulanille
  International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 3, 76–91, 1991.
  Free access to self-archived, HTML version of the paper: Full Text

• Rock stratigraphy in Gale Crater, Mars
  by K. S. Edgett and M. C. Malin
  Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII, Abstract 1005, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 2001.
  Full Text

• Nature and origin of intercrater plains on Mars
  by M. C. Malin
  in Studies of the surface morphology of Mars, Ph.D. dissertation, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1976.
  Full Text

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