Applications & Industries for our data loggers.

Our systems' typical fields of use, from the groundwater gauge in the back garden to the climate station high in the mountains. Click through — the images come from live installations.

TerraTransfer application areas for monitoring measurement data

A three-minute overview of where TerraTransfer systems are deployed worldwide.

Stainless-steel gauge tube, above-ground groundwater monitoring well

Groundwater, above ground

Stainless-steel monitoring wells in a visible build-up. Aquatos mini or Web LTX in 2″ tubes, with sensor cable and suspension. Compliant with DVGW W 110 / W 111.

Aquatos miniAquatos Web LTXDVGW W 111

Open gauge chamber with sensor cable, below-ground monitoring well

Groundwater, below ground

Level measurement in below-ground chambers. Logger, chamber cover, casing and desiccant are part of our delivery. Civil works (excavation, setting the chambers) are handled by the contractor; we replace existing chambers on request. Refers to DVGW W 121 (construction and development).

Aquatos miniAquatos nanoDVGW W 121

Rescue helicopter at sunset — symbol of flood early warning

Flood early warning

Water level and rainfall in real time, discharge at solar stations where continuous measurement is possible. Measure autonomously, transmit redundantly, alert by SMS and e-mail. Standard for the EU Floods Directive and municipal heavy-rain provision.

Aquatos Web LTXLTE-M redundancyDIN EN ISO 4373 · ISO 1100

Sunset over the sea with wind turbines — climate and research monitoring

Meteorology

Self-sufficient climate stations with solar/battery: rainfall, wind, radiation, humidity, soil temperature. Optional satellite transmission for remote sites.

Climate stationSatellite · LTE-MWMO-No.8 · DWA-M-181

Reservoir interior with gauges and piping

Drinking water & meters

Well monitoring with delivery head, reservoirs, pressure and flow in the distribution network, turbidity and free chlorine at the works or reservoir outlet per the German Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV § 14a). Pulse-counter adapter for any common water meter, MID integration via SDI-12/Modbus.

Pulse counterModbus · MIDTrinkwV · DVGW W 400

Snowy mountains, permafrost and stratification chains

Temperature chains

Up to 30 thermistor nodes on one chain, vertical stratification analysis at ±0.1 °C in lakes, reservoirs and permafrost boreholes.

±0.1 °Cup to 200 m

Gauge chamber at the foot of a dam

Dams & flood-retention basins

Recurring mandatory measurements per DIN 19700-10/-11/-12: reservoir level, seepage level at the drainage gallery and seepage volume (pulse counter), depth-profile temperatures via measuring chains for stratification assessment, rainfall and soil moisture in the catchment. Data quality-checked and exportable as ZRXP / OGC-SOS.

DIN 19700-10/-11/-12DWA-M-514

Radar level sensor at a weir

Radar water-level measurement

Non-contact water-level measurement on bridges, weirs and chambers. No sensor-cable drift and no fouling at the sensor — but susceptible to ice, foam or driftwood on the water surface. Typical accuracy 2–3 mm under ideal conditions, SDI-12 integration with Aquatos.

SDI-12non-contactDIN EN ISO 4373

Self-sufficient field cabinet with solar module

Self-sufficient cabinets

Complete build-ups for remote sites without mains power, with solar/battery supply, Aquatos logger and pre-wired sensor outputs.

Solar/batteryPre-wired

Walk-in gauge tower in a waterway

Waterways

Auxiliary gauges and flow measurement at harbours, tidal flats and estuaries, robust against salt water, waves and ice. ADCP and MID integration via SDI-12/Modbus for cross-section discharge measurements. Multi-year service life in IP68.

Salt-water resistantIP68LAWA · DIN EN ISO 4373

Buoy in the Wadden Sea, water-quality measurement

Water quality & WFD

Oxygen, turbidity, pH, conductivity, nitrate — multi-parameter sondes in gauge chambers or on solar/mains-powered stations. Early warning of algal blooms via chlorophyll-a and phycocyanin fluorescence (for cyanobacteria), complemented by O₂ day-night variation and turbidity, on continuously powered set-ups.

O₂ · pH · turbidity · Chl-a · PCSDI-12WFD · OGewV

Climate station in the high alpine zone

Snow & ice, alpine headwaters

Snow depth (ultrasonic/laser) and snow water equivalent (SWE) as lead indicators for headwater runoff forecasting, ice cover from the temperature profiles of the measuring chain. Loggers down to −25 °C, with radiation shield and frost-protection concept to DWD standard.

SWE · Snow depthMeasuring chain−25 °C

Climate station at a field edge, soil-moisture and evapotranspiration measurement

Agriculture & irrigation

Soil-moisture profiles in the main root zone (10/30/60 cm), air temperature above the canopy and reference evapotranspiration per FAO-56 as input for irrigation and forecasting systems. Plus drainage levels in inspection shafts and frost warning for specialty crops.

Soil moisture 10/30/60 cmFAO-56 EToClimate station

Industries overview

Water boards, dams, mine-water aftercare, municipalities, agriculture, low flow, loads and research — each with the standards and regulations that public tenders hang on.

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Focus: flood early warning

Water level, rainfall, discharge.

The EU Floods Directive (2007/60/EC), national water law and municipal heavy-rain concepts all require continuous gauge data. TerraTransfer delivers stations, data and alerting from a single source. Our Aquatos loggers transmit over LTE-M with NB-IoT fallback — critical when a network is congested during a flood. Optional redundant antenna paths.

Level via radar or pressurePermanent installations on bridges, weirs, footbridges
Rainfall via pulse adapterFor any common tipping bucket, Type 0330
Threshold alertsSMS and e-mail to on-call duty staff
Data delivery to control roomsCSV/FTP export, Modbus interface, REST API

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