Maximizing the Science and Resource Mapping Potential of Orbital VSWIR Spectral Measurements of Mars Primary author: Scott L. Murchie (240) 228-6235 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd., MS 200-W230 Laurel, MD 20723 Co-authors Raymond E. Arvidson Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A. Janice L. Bishop SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, U.S.A. Wendy M. Calvin University of Nevada, Reno, NV, U.S.A. John Carter Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Paris, France John Christian Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A. Roger N. Clark Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A. Colin M. Dundas U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A. Bethany L. Ehlmann California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A. Valerie K. Fox University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A. Abigail A. Fraeman 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A. Timothy A. Goudge University of Texas, Austin, TX, U.S.A. Briony H. Horgan Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, U.S.A. Madison N. Hughes Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A. Ellen K. Leask Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, U.S.A. Alfred S. McEwen University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A. John F Mustard Mario Parente Brown University, Providence, RI, USA University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, U.S.A. Kathryn E. Powell Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A. Frank P. Seelos Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, U.S.A. Kimberly D. Seelos Jesse D. Tarnas Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, U.S.A. Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Christina E. Viviano Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, U.S.A. James J. Wray Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. 1 A portion of this work was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NM0018D0004). Signatories: Elizabeth Rampe, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, U.S.A.; Alice Lucchitti, Maurizio Pajola, National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), Padova, Italy; Andrew Annex, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.; Jeffrey R. Johnson, Debra L. Buczkowski, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.; Laura Fackrell, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A.; Samuel F. A. Cartwright, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, U.S.A.; Katelyn Frizzell, Rutgers, \The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.