THE DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HAS ESTABLISHED MULTIPLE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC) TO CONDUCT MISSION SPECIFIC RESEARCH IN THE PLANETARY SCIENCES. THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO FACILITATE UNINTERRUPTED STUDY OF THE AEROSOLS GASES TEMPERATURES AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS IN SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE NASA MARS MISSIONS. THIS AGREEMENT WOULD DIRECTLY FUND DR. TIMOTHY MCCONNOCHIE A UMD EMPLOYEE WORKING AT GSFC WITH DR MICHAEL SMITH WHO IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN RADIATIVE TRANSFER AND INSTRUMENT CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS AND WILL CONSTRUCT RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS TO PREDICT AND FIT OBSERVATIONS OF THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE ACQUIRED BY CURRENT AND FUTURE MARS REMOTE SENSING PLATFORMS.