ncml version of dataset with (time,station) that works okay

test_ncml.xml

<netcdf xmlns="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/namespaces/netcdf/ncml-2.2"
    location="http://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/opendap/hurrIrene_bb/9141wh-a.nc">
    <variable name="time" shape="time" type="double">
        <attribute name="units" value="seconds since 1858-11-17 00:00:00 UTC"/>
        <attribute name="long_name" value="Modified Julian Day"/>
        <values start="4821083760" increment="300"/>
    </variable>
    <dimension name="name_strlen" length="17"/>
    <dimension name="station" length="1"/>
    <remove type="dimension" name="lon"/>
    <remove type="dimension" name="lat"/>
    <remove type="dimension" name="depth"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="time2"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="bindist"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="Rec"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="u_1205"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="v_1206"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="w_1204"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="Werr_1201"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="AGC_1202"/>
    <remove type="variable" name="PGd_1203"/>
    <variable name="depth" shape="station">
        <attribute name="positive" value="down"/>
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="depth"/>
        <values> 16.0187 </values>
    </variable>
    <variable name="lon" shape="station">
        <attribute name="units" value="degree_east"/>
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="longitude"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="lat" shape="station">
        <attribute name="units" value="degree_north"/>
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="latitude"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="site" shape="name_strlen station" type="char">
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="station_id"/>
        <attribute name="cf_role" value="timeseries_id"/>
        <values>USGS/CMGP-914</values>
    </variable>
    <variable name="brange" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="platform_orientation"/>
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="Tx_1211" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="sea_water_temperature"/>
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="SV_80" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="Hdg_1215" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="platform_orientation"/>
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="Ptch_1216" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="platform_pitch_angle"/>
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="Roll_1217" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="platform_roll_angle"/>
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="P_1294" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="standard_name" value="platform_orientation"/>
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <variable name="SDP_850" shape="time station">
        <attribute name="coordinates" value="time depth lat lon"/>
    </variable>
    <attribute name="Conventions" value="CF-1.6"/>
    <attribute name="featureType" value="timeSeries"/>
    <attribute name="id" value="hurrIrene_bb/9141wh-a.nc"/>
    <attribute name="cdm_data_type" value="Station"/>
    <attribute name="institution"
        value="U.S.Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center"/>
    <attribute name="creator_name" value="Ellyn Montgomery"/>
    <attribute name="creator_email" value="emontgomery@usgs.gov"/>
    <attribute name="publisher_name"
        value="USGS Coastal Marine Geology Program Sediment Transport group"/>
    <attribute name="publisher_url" value="http://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov"/>
    <attribute name="processing_level" value="Best Basic Version"/>
    <attribute name="project"
        value="USGS Coastal Marine Geology Program Sediment Transport group"/>
    <attribute name="contributor_name" value="B. Butman"/>
    <attribute name="contributor_role" value="Project Investigator"/>
    <attribute name="contributor_institution" value="U.S.Geological Survey"/>
    <attribute name="contributor_email" value="bbutman@usgs.gov"/>
    <attribute name="title" value="9141wh-a.nc - Hurricane Irene in Buzzards Bay"/>
    <attribute name="summary"
        value="Oceanographic data collected in Buzzards Bay during Hurricane Irene August 2011."/>
    <attribute name="standard_name_vocabulary" value="CF-1.6"/>
    <attribute name="Metadata_Conventions" value="Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0"/>
    <attribute name="date_created" value="2013-04-26T16:17:59"/>
    <attribute name="start_time" value="2011-08-26T13:56:00Z"/>
    <attribute name="stop_time" value="2011-09-24T04:16:00Z"/>
</netcdf>