| Aircraft
Maneuvers |
Instrument
Acronym |
Preferred Maneuvers |
Dropsondes |
Unfavorable Maneuvers |
Unfavorable WX
Conditions |
| AMPR |
Clear ocean level flight track for 5
minutes > 20 km altitude at start and end of mission |
Two/flight. One at each preferred manuever |
Non-level flight track. Require pitch/roll
angle < 2 deg. with minimal variations |
N/A |
| EDOP |
Roll manuever of -5 to +5 degs. over
ocean; 360 deg. turn at 7-10 deg. bank angle over clean ocean |
Five per flight; some in or near eye
wall; inner core and outflow regions |
Non-level flight track. Require minimal
pitch/roll/yaw |
N/A |
| LIP |
Level flight at 5, 10, 15 km for 10 minutes
each once during the experiment |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| MAMS |
N/A |
2-3 per flight, 1 per hour, primarily
clear sky |
Roll angle > 15 degrees |
Clouds |
| MAS |
Straight and level flight |
1-2 per flight in clear and transmissive
cloud conditions |
Roll angle > 3 deg.; pitch angle > 2
deg. |
Intense sunlight |
| MIR |
N/A |
2-4 per flight over clear targets |
N/A |
N/A |
| NAST-I |
Level flight, tracks over downwind environment,
tracks across eye, flight over Andros Island |
1-5 per flight |
Roll ange > 3 deg., pitch angle > 2 deg. |
N/A |
| NAST-MTS |
N/A |
|
N/A |
N/A |
