| 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 | |
