The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, part of Ben Gurion University in Israel, has purchased Integral Systems’ [Nasdaq: ISYS] Skylight direct-broadcast ground terminal for receiving and processing satellite Earth science data. The data will be used for environmental monitoring of dust, floods, air and water pollution, fires, earthquakes and other natural hazards over the Middle East region.

The project is part of a long-term collaboration between the university and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Goddard Space Flight Center to establish a “super-site” for assessing various satellite-derived data products. Skylight incorporates the most recently released NASA science algorithms for science data products, including fire detection maps, volcano eruption alerts, atmospheric profiles, and other data products.