  Much of the focus of exoplanet atmosphere analysis in the coming decade will
be at infrared wavelengths, with the planned launches of the James Webb Space
Telescope (JWST) and the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
However, without being placed in the context of broader wavelength coverage,
especially in the optical and ultraviolet, infrared observations produce an
incomplete picture of exoplanet atmospheres. Scattering information encoded in
blue optical and near-UV (NUV) observations can help determine whether muted
spectral features observed in the infrared are due to a hazy/cloudy atmosphere,
or a clear atmosphere with a higher mean molecular weight. Farther into the UV,
observations can identify atmospheric escape and mass loss from exoplanet
atmospheres, providing a greater understanding of the atmospheric evolution of
exoplanets, along with composition information from above the cloud deck. In
this white paper we focus on the science case for exoplanet observations in the
far-UV (FUV); an accompanying white paper led by Jessie Christiansen will focus
on the science case in the near-UV (NUV) and blue/optical.
