@Override
  protected StationHelper createStationHelper() throws IOException {
    TimedCollection.Dataset td = dataCollection.getPrototype();
    if (td == null) throw new RuntimeException("No datasets in the collection");

    Formatter errlog = new Formatter();
    try (FeatureDatasetPoint openDataset =
        (FeatureDatasetPoint)
            FeatureDatasetFactoryManager.open(
                FeatureType.STATION, td.getLocation(), null, errlog)) {
      StationHelper stationHelper = new StationHelper();

      List<FeatureCollection> fcList = openDataset.getPointFeatureCollectionList();
      StationTimeSeriesCollectionImpl openCollection =
          (StationTimeSeriesCollectionImpl) fcList.get(0);
      List<Station> stns = openCollection.getStations();

      for (Station s : stns) {
        StationTimeSeriesFeature stnFeature = openCollection.getStationFeature(s);
        stationHelper.addStation(
            new CompositeStationFeature(
                s, timeUnit, altUnits, stnFeature.getFeatureData(), this.dataCollection));
      }

      dataVariables = openDataset.getDataVariables();
      globalAttributes = openDataset.getGlobalAttributes();

      return stationHelper;
    }
  }