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The present study was carried out to demonstrate the feasibility of extracting the spatial distribution of WFP through time series imagery of volumetric surface soil moisture content (\u03b8v) at the field scale (30 m). A trade-off approach based on the synergistic use of tasseled cap transformation wetness and temperature vegetation dryness index was utilized to obtain paddy \u03b8v. The results showed that the modeled \u03b8v was in good agreement with in situ measurements. The overall correlation coefficient (R) was 0.78, with root-mean-square ranging from 1.96% to 9.96% in terms of different vegetation cover and surface water status. The lowest error of \u03b8v estimates was found to be restricted at the flooded paddy surface with moderate or high fractional vegetation cover. The flooded paddy was then successfully identified using the \u03b8v image with saturated moisture content thresholding, with an overall accuracy of 83.33%. 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