The Committee noted the ongoing use of satellites to protect water resources and identify and assess water-related problems , including various hydrological extremes such as El Niño and La Niña and monsoons , that could result in floods and droughts . Those satellites included the Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite ( RADARSAT ) -1 of Canada , a series of remote sensing satellites of China , the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite ( CBERS ) , Japan 's missions on board national and foreign satellites , NigeriaSat-1 of Nigeria and operational and research satellites of the United States .