| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
| CASA | Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
| CC | Colored Compounds |
| CDOM | Colored Dissolved Organic Matter |
| CNN | Convolutional Neural Network |
| COST | Cosine of the Solar Zenith Angle |
| DVI | Difference Vegetation Index |
| EASA | European Union Aviation Safety Agency |
| EBS | Ensemble-Based System |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| fDOM | Fluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter |
| GCP | Ground Control Point |
| GCS | Ground Control Station |
| GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GSD | Ground Sampling Distance |
| HAB | Harmful Algal Bloom |
| HSV | Hue Saturation Value |
| NGBDI | Normalized Green-Blue Difference Index |
| NGRDI | Normalized Green-Red Difference Index |
| NDRE | Normalized Difference Red Edge Index |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NIR | Near Infrared |
| PC | Phycocyanin |
| RE | Red Edge (Spectral Band) |
| RGB | Red Green Blue (Camera) |
| RMSE | Root Mean Square Error |
| Rrs | Remote Sensing Reflectance |
| RRMSE | Relative Root Mean Square Error |
| R2 | Coefficient of Determination (Statistical term) |
| SDD | Secchi Disk Depth |
| SHI | Spectral Harmonic Index |
| SWIR | Shortwave Infrared |
| TN | Total Nitrogen |
| TP | Total Phosphorus |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UAS | Unmanned Aircraft System |
| USA | United States of America |
| USV | Unmanned Surface Vehicle |