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The name of the import type is "BUFR".
Timeseries data (oceanograpic data)
BUFR files containing timeseries data can be read using the "WMOBUFR" import type. The import functions use the following conventions:
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Some BUFR files, one example being files produced by the Wavenet measurement system in the UK,
contain extra information rendering them unuseful for the library that implements the WMOBUFR import type. Instead use the BUFR type. The files may contain only a single time, though multiple parameters. (If the WMOBUFR library can not properly handle them, then parameters that you
know to be present will be missing.)
The names of the parameters are slightly different then: they are formed as an integer number from
the "fxy" code - so that fxy = 0 22 70 (significant wave height) becomes "22070" instead of "0-22-070".
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If you need to define the external ID for the parameters, then consult these tables, as they contain all the information you need.
Since FEWS 2017.01 the bufr tables are no longer allowed in the bin directory. They should be put in the $REGION_HOME$/Modules/bufr directory of FEWS. The BUFR files can be downloaded from http://eumetnet.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/tables-OPERA-20121119.zip
If required the bufr tables directory can be overruled by a global property: BUFR_TABLES.