Upon the completion of the prototype CZMIL by Optech International, the University of Southern Mississippi will
conduct a field validation campaign of the system in various environments to evaluate the accuracy of the sensors and
the products derived from the data of those sensors, individually or combined. In addition to the IHO order 1 vertical and
horizontal accuracy assessment of the CZMIL, the effectiveness of the DPS algorithms to map environmental parameters
will be tested and estimated. This paper presents a preliminary campaign plan to realize the positional and thematic
accuracy assessments. To support these efforts, an array of in-situ sensors will be deployed on land and at sea, prior to
and during the CZMIL survey, to obtain a full environmental characterization of the survey site. This program will
identify the materials and methodology for each selected environment to create a standardized field survey procedure.
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