A memorial event for Professor David Andrews will be held at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, on Wednesday 29th March 2023 at 10.30am, so that we can celebrate Professor David Andrews’ life, teaching, and scholarship.

Contributing speakers include: Sir Brian Hoskins, Peter Read, Michael McIntyre (pre-recorded), Steven Hardiman, Corwin Wright, Scott Osprey and Lesley Gray.

Please find below a programme for the day which will take place in the Simpkins Lee Theatre:

Registration and refreshments from 10am

10.30am: Welcome

Session 1 Chair: Dr. Sarah Sparrow

10.35 Professor Peter Read: Wave-zonal flow interaction in planetary atmospheres (20 mins)

10.55 Professor Sir Brian Hoskins: A new perspective on the Hadley Cell (20 mins)

11.15 Dr. Steven Hardiman: Use of planetary wave diagnostics in multi-model climate studies (20 mins)

11.35 Break (20 mins)

Session 2 Chair: Prof Bryan Lawrence

11.55 Professor Michael McIntyre: The 'missing forces' problem in gravity-wave parametrizations (20 mins)

12.15 Dr. Corwin Wright / Dr. Scott Osprey: The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’pai Eruption (20 mins)

12.35 Professor Lesley Gray: E-P fluxes and the sudden stratospheric warming of 2008/9 (10 mins)

12.45 Professor David Marshall: David Andrew’s impact on Physical Oceanography (10 mins)

1.00pm-2.00pm: Buffet Lunch in the Monson Room

3.00pm-4.00pm: Memorial Service in LMH Chapel

The day event is free to attend and please register your place here on Eventbrite, also letting us know if you have any dietary requirements, before Friday 3rd March.

We hope to see you in College for this special memorial.

Later in the evening there will also be a Memorial Dinner in the Dining Hall beginning at 6pm. The cost of dinner is £45.40 per person including VAT and a separate booking link for the dinner will be shared.

If you have any questions in the meantime please do not hesitate to get in touch with the development team at development.events@lmh.ox.ac.uk

Memorial Event for Professor David Andrews