简介：Moreaccurateestimationofcropevapotranspiration(ETc)inaregionalscalehasalwaysbeenoneofthemostimportantchallenges.TemporalandspatialmonitoringofETcusingsatelliteimagescanhelptoenhanceaccuracyofestimations.Inthisstudy,the(ETc)ricemapswereproducedbyusingstatistical/experimentalmethodsbasedoncropcoefficient(Kc)mapsderivedfromvegetationindex(VI).Kcwasestimatedusingfourmethods,includinglinearrelationshipbetweenKcandVI(Kc-VI),calibratedmodelofKc-VI,linearrelationshipbetweenKcb(thebasalcropcoefficient)andVI(Kcb-VI),andcalibratedmodelofKcb-VI.TheresultsshowedthatcalibratedmodelofKc-VIhadabetterperformancecomparedtotheothermethods,withnormalizedrootmeansquareerrors(NRMSE),meanabsoluteerrorandrootmeansquareerrorbeing5.7%,0.05mm/dand0.06mm/d,respectively.(ETc)ricemapswereproducedbyusingcalibratedmodelofKc-VIandreferenceevapotranspiration(ET0)fromFAOPenman-Monteithmethod.TheNRMSEwas21.3%forusingFAOPenman-Monteithmethod.Therefore,calibratedKc-VImodelincombiningwithET0basedontheLandsat7ETM+imagescouldbeprovidedagoodestimationof(ETc)riceinregionalscale,andcanbeappliedtoestimatewaterrequirementduetothefreeandfacilitateaccess.