Comparison of In situ Observation, NOAA-AIRS Satellite and MACC Model on Surface Ozone Over the Ushuaia, Southern Ocean and Antarctic Peninsula Region M.S.M. Nadzir, M.F. Khan, W. Suparta and S.K. Zainudin Abstract This study aims to determine surface ozone (O 3 ) mixing ratios from in situ observations during the Malaysian Antarctic Scientific Expedition Cruise 2016 (MASEC’16), by using The Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate (MACC) global model assimilation system developed by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and satellite products from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (NOAA-AIRS) over the Antarctic Peninsula region. We also compared all three types of observation of surface O 3 during the period of MASEC’16. The results showed that surface O 3 levels from MACC reanalysis and NOAA-AIRS were twice higher than those from in situ observations over Ushuaia, the Drake Passage (Southern Ocean) and the Antarctic Peninsula respectively. Nevertheless, the surface O 3 mixing ratios pattern from MACC and NOAA-AIRS were similar to the in situ measurements where mixing ratios of the surface O 3 were in the order of Ushuaia < Southern Ocean < Antarctic Peninsula meaning that the NOAA-AIRS satellite and MACC model products are likely to be effective proxies for atmo- spheric composition over a given region. M.S.M. Nadzir (&) School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia e-mail: shahrulnadzir@ukm.edu.my M.S.M. Nadzir Á M.F. Khan Centre for Tropical Climate Change System, Institute of Climate Change, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia S.K. Zainudin Space Science Centre (ANGKASA), Institute of Climate Change, Level 5, Research Complex Building, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia W. Suparta Department of Electrical Engineering, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta 55282, Indonesia e-mail: drwaynesparta@gmail.com © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 W. Suparta et al. (eds.), Space Science and Communication for Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6574-3_4 37