diff --git a/Coupling_tools/WW3/UV2T.sh b/Coupling_tools/WW3/UV2T.sh
index 371c39dbb8dae5fcc4bc0aa0a3347037077179b3..94e44c9697a1e5620d36e9cf882e5fdf07d24fb7 100755
--- a/Coupling_tools/WW3/UV2T.sh
+++ b/Coupling_tools/WW3/UV2T.sh
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ ncks -F -A -v $var -d ${dimUV},2,$N $filein ${filein}.tmpgridT
 ncap2 -O -v -s "${var}=0.5*(${var}+${var}_1)" ${filein}.tmpgridT ${fileout}
 
 # extract var at first U or V point
-ncks -F -O -v $var -d ${dimUV},1 $filein ${filein}.tmpgridT
+ncks -C -F -O -v $var -d ${dimUV},1 $filein ${filein}.tmpgridT
 # extract var at last U or V point
-ncks -F -O -v $var -d ${dimUV},$N $filein ${filein}.tmpgridT.end
+ncks -C -F -O -v $var -d ${dimUV},$N $filein ${filein}.tmpgridT.end
 # set dimUV as unlimited dimension to be able to concatenate along dimUV
 ncpdq -O -a ${dimUV},${dimT} ${filein}.tmpgridT ${filein}.tmpgridT
 ncpdq -O -a ${dimUV},${dimT} ${filein}.tmpgridT.end ${filein}.tmpgridT.end
diff --git a/Coupling_tools/WW3/script_make_CROCO_current_and_level_for_ww3.sh b/Coupling_tools/WW3/script_make_CROCO_current_and_level_for_ww3.sh
index d9c791a50b548909d2f0b29210d4ef3abaf15c91..45faa7fb592bf98fc8467760011dc5fe970c50a2 100755
--- a/Coupling_tools/WW3/script_make_CROCO_current_and_level_for_ww3.sh
+++ b/Coupling_tools/WW3/script_make_CROCO_current_and_level_for_ww3.sh
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ fi
 if [ $flag_current == 1 ] ; then
     ncatted -O -a calendar,time,o,c,'proleptic_gregorian' ${ww3curfile}
     ncatted -O -a units,time,o,c,"seconds since $crocostartdate" ${ww3curfile} 
-    ncatted -O -a _FillValue,ucurr,o,f,9999 ${ww3curfile} 
-    ncatted -O -a _FillValue,vcurr,o,f,9999 ${ww3curfile} 
+    ncatted -O -a _FillValue,ucur,o,f,9999 ${ww3curfile} 
+    ncatted -O -a _FillValue,vcur,o,f,9999 ${ww3curfile} 
 fi
 if [ $flag_level == 1 ] ; then
     ncatted -O -a calendar,time,o,c,'proleptic_gregorian' ${ww3levfile}