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

• 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.

• 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.
  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.

• 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.
  Full Text

• 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.
  Full Text

• 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.
  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.
  Full Text

• 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.
  Full Text

• Surveying the latest pictures from Mars
  by K. S. Edgett and M. C. Malin,
  California Geology, 54(1), 16–28.
  PDF of entire magazine, including this article

• 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.
  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.
  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.
  Full Text

• 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.
  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.
  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.
  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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