November 30

MODIS Cirrus Reflectance
Added the MODIS Cirrus Reflectance datasets (global daily, weekly, and monthly) for July 2002 to present.

November 9

TRMM Total Rainfall
Added the TRMM Total Rainfall datasets (global daily and monthly) for January 1998 to present.

October 24

Image Composite Explorer
Launch of the Image Composite Explorer (ICE) in NEO. ICE is a simple analytical tool that allows you to select datasets for side-by-side comparison. Look for the 'Add to ICE Box' link on most datasets to get started.

October 12

New Features
Added a few new features: Ability to resize by fixed degree resolution (0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0); RSS feed so you can receive notices about updates to the system, new features, and new datasets.

October 10

MODIS Atmospheric Datasets
Added several new MODIS Atmospheric datasets (all global): Aerosol Optical Thickness, Aerosol Particle Radius, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Thickness, Cloud Particle Radius, and Water Vapor. Special thanks to Reto Stockli of the Earth Observatory for producing these images.

September 20

MODIS True and False Color
Added MODIS True and False Color datasets. These are available as daily global and 5-minute swath images. These datasets will give you the most current, color views of our planet. Special thanks to the MODIS Rapid Response Team for their efforts in producing these data.

August 31

Land Cover Classification
Added the annual Land Cover Classification (Terra/MODIS) dataset for 2001-2003.

June 21

Beta2.3
Beta2.3 released: a few bug fixes but primarily a release which includes the ability to download imagery directly to Google Earth or as GeoTIFF.

June 14

New Datasets
Added the following new datasets: MOPITT Carbon Monoxide; Sea Surface Temperature (AMSR-E); Average Sea Surface Temperature 1985-1997 (AVHRR); and Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (AMSR-E).

June 9

SRTM/RAMP2 Global Topography
Added the SRTM/RAMP2 Global Topography dataset for showing the location, height, and shape of features like mountains and valleys, rivers, even the craters on volcanoes.