Metlink International 2000

Bor, Sweden

http://www.bor.varnamo.se
Bor School, S-330 15  BOR, SWEDEN
 
Teachers who will be involved:
Mr Christer Helander	
Mr Henric Gustavsson	
Mr Arne Lennartsson	
 
all teaching in physics, maths and IT
 
Website: http://www.bor.varnamo.se
 
The names of the students who will be involved:
Ola Benderius, Eva Dahlgren, Emelie Karlsson, Emilie Lindgren, 
Camilla Nilsson-Borg, Daniel Kothe, Linda Johnsson, Anna Karlstrom, 
Shpresa Lleshaj, Sandra Noren.
 
The students are 14-15 years old, in grade 8.
 
Bor is a small village (2000 inhabitants) situated 12 km outside the town 
of Varnamo. It is surrounded by large forests, many small lakes and farmlands 
as well. There are also a lot of small factories, many of them are manufacturing
goods for the rubber, plastic and wood industries. 
 
Distance to the west coast is 140 km, to the east coast is 180 km and 
to the south coast 300 km. The altitude is 160 m above sea level.
 
Position: latitude 57º 05 N and longitude 14º 11 E
 
Weather observations will be taken each morning at 07.30 GMT 
(08.30 local time)
 
Equipment: Max and min thermometer, hygrometer, anemometer and barometer. 
All these are electronical. A manual rain gauge completes the instrumentation. 
Some of the instuments are located in a well ventilated house near the school 
buildings.
 
The average temp.for January/February is -3.6 º C . The average precipitation 
for January is 56 mm and for February 37 mm. (Varnamo 1961-1990)
The last two years were extremely wet. The precipitation 1999 at Varnamo 
was 1050 mm. It was the highest value ever since 1866, when the recordings 
started. During 1999 we recorded for January  75 mm and for February  60 mm.
 
We look forward to participating in the project year 2000. Details of our 
participation 1999 can be seen at 
 
http://www.varnamo.se/bor/metlink99_english.html
 
Christer Helander
 
Bor School, S-330 15  BOR, Sweden
Tel: +46  (0)370-378217
Fax: +46  (0)370-650509