diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmread_ll.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmread_ll.f90
index de2af12bad41c5e17ece5d7bb7427c5e810a4466..fbeb3658f79f729277d6410df746430df15779da 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmread_ll.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmread_ll.f90
@@ -43,26 +43,24 @@ PRIVATE
 INTERFACE IO_READ_FIELD
    MODULE PROCEDURE IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_X0, IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_X1,  &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_X2, IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_X3,  &
-                    IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N0,                           &
+                    IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N0, IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N1,  &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N2,                           &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_L0, IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_L1,  &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_C0,                           &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_T0,                           &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_X0,IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_X1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_X2,IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_X3, &
-                    IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N0,                          &
+                    IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N0,IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N2,                          &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_L0,IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_L1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_C0,                          &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_T0
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_X4, IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_X5,  &
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_X6,                            &
-!                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N1,  &
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N3,  &
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_C1,  &
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_X4,IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_X5, &
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_X6,                           &
-!                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1, &
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N3, &
 !                       IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_C1, &
 END INTERFACE
@@ -2246,6 +2244,112 @@ RETURN
   
 END SUBROUTINE FMREADN1_ll
 
+SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N1(TPFILE,HNAME,KFIELD,KRESP)
+!
+TYPE(TFILEDATA),     INTENT(IN)    :: TPFILE
+CHARACTER(LEN=*),    INTENT(IN)    :: HNAME    ! name of the field to write
+INTEGER,DIMENSION(:),INTENT(INOUT) :: KFIELD   ! array containing the data field
+INTEGER,OPTIONAL,    INTENT(OUT)   :: KRESP    ! return-code
+!
+INTEGER :: ID ! Index of the field
+INTEGER :: IRESP ! return_code
+!
+CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_DEBUG,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N1',TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': reading '//TRIM(HNAME))
+!
+CALL FIND_FIELD_ID_FROM_MNHNAME(HNAME,ID,IRESP)
+!
+IF(IRESP==0) CALL IO_READ_FIELD(TPFILE,TFIELDLIST(ID),KFIELD,IRESP)
+!
+IF (PRESENT(KRESP)) KRESP = IRESP
+!
+END SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_BYNAME_N1
+
+SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1(TPFILE,TPFIELD,KFIELD,KRESP)
+!
+USE MODD_IO_ll, ONLY : ISP,GSMONOPROC
+!
+USE MODE_ALLOCBUFFER_ll
+USE MODE_FD_ll, ONLY : GETFD,FD_LL
+USE MODE_SCATTER_ll
+!
+TYPE(TFILEDATA),     INTENT(IN)    :: TPFILE
+TYPE(TFIELDDATA),    INTENT(INOUT) :: TPFIELD
+INTEGER,DIMENSION(:),INTENT(INOUT) :: KFIELD   ! array containing the data field
+INTEGER,OPTIONAL,    INTENT(OUT)   :: KRESP    ! return-code
+!
+INTEGER                      :: IERR
+TYPE(FD_ll), POINTER         :: TZFD
+INTEGER                      :: IRESP
+INTEGER,DIMENSION(:),POINTER :: IFIELDP
+LOGICAL                      :: GALLOC
+!
+CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_DEBUG,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1',TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': reading '//TRIM(TPFIELD%CMNHNAME))
+!
+GALLOC = .FALSE.
+IRESP = 0
+!
+TZFD=>GETFD(TRIM(ADJUSTL(TPFILE%CNAME))//'.lfi')
+IF (ASSOCIATED(TZFD)) THEN
+  IF (GSMONOPROC) THEN ! sequential execution
+      IF (TPFILE%CFORMAT=='NETCDF4') THEN
+         CALL IO_READ_FIELD_NC4(TPFILE,TPFIELD,KFIELD,IRESP)
+      ELSE IF (TPFILE%CFORMAT=='LFI') THEN
+         CALL IO_READ_FIELD_LFI(TPFILE,TPFIELD,KFIELD,IRESP)
+      ELSE IF (TPFILE%CFORMAT=='LFICDF4') THEN
+        !Only detected if CFORMAT='LFICDF4'
+        !This seems to be allowed for netCDF4 but it is not clean
+        CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_WARNING,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1',&
+                       TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': reading in a file opened in WRITE mode')
+        CALL IO_READ_FIELD_NC4(TPFILE,TPFIELD,KFIELD,IRESP)
+      ELSE
+         CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_FATAL,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1',&
+                        TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': invalid fileformat ('//TRIM(TPFILE%CFORMAT)//')')
+      END IF
+  ELSE
+    IF (ISP == TZFD%OWNER)  THEN
+      CALL ALLOCBUFFER_ll(IFIELDP,KFIELD,TPFIELD%CDIR,GALLOC)
+      IF (TPFILE%CFORMAT=='NETCDF4') THEN
+         CALL IO_READ_FIELD_NC4(TPFILE,TPFIELD,IFIELDP,IRESP)
+      ELSE IF (TPFILE%CFORMAT=='LFI') THEN
+         CALL IO_READ_FIELD_LFI(TPFILE,TPFIELD,IFIELDP,IRESP)
+      ELSE IF (TPFILE%CFORMAT=='LFICDF4') THEN
+        !Only detected if CFORMAT='LFICDF4'
+        !This seems to be allowed for netCDF4 but it is not clean
+        CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_WARNING,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1',&
+                       TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': reading in a file opened in WRITE mode')
+        CALL IO_READ_FIELD_NC4(TPFILE,TPFIELD,KFIELD,IRESP)
+      ELSE
+         CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_FATAL,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1',&
+                        TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': invalid fileformat ('//TRIM(TPFILE%CFORMAT)//')')
+      END IF
+    END IF
+    !
+    CALL MPI_BCAST(IRESP,1,MPI_INTEGER,TZFD%OWNER-1,TZFD%COMM,IERR)
+    !
+    !Broadcast header only if IRESP==-111
+    !because metadata of field has been modified in IO_READ_FIELD_xxx
+    IF (IRESP==-111) CALL IO_BCAST_FIELD_METADATA(TZFD,TPFIELD)
+    !
+    IF (TPFIELD%CDIR /= 'XX' .AND. TPFIELD%CDIR /='YY') THEN
+      ! Broadcast Field
+      CALL MPI_BCAST(KFIELD,SIZE(KFIELD),MPI_INTEGER,TZFD%OWNER-1,TZFD%COMM,IERR)
+    ELSE
+      !Scatter Field
+      CALL SCATTER_XXFIELD(TPFIELD%CDIR,IFIELDP,KFIELD,TZFD%OWNER,TZFD%COMM)
+    END IF
+  END IF
+ELSE
+  IRESP = -61
+  CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_ERROR,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1','file '//TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//' not found')
+END IF
+!
+IF (GALLOC) DEALLOCATE (IFIELDP)
+!
+IF (PRESENT(KRESP)) KRESP = IRESP
+!
+END SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_BYFIELD_N1
+
+
 SUBROUTINE FMREADN2_ll(HFILEM,HRECFM,HFIPRI,HDIR,KFIELD,KGRID,&
      KLENCH,HCOMMENT,KRESP)
 USE MODD_IO_ll, ONLY : ISP,GSMONOPROC,LPACK,L1D,L2D 
diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmreadwrit.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmreadwrit.f90
index a54d2675798d551bfec44b0154f536516a9e21f1..3b6a0e306c5e6f44728d71065a7bef04adb4e9f1 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmreadwrit.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/fmreadwrit.f90
@@ -274,14 +274,13 @@ PRIVATE
 INTERFACE IO_READ_FIELD_LFI
    MODULE PROCEDURE IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_X0, IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_X1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_X2, IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_X3, &
-                    IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N0,                       &
+                    IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N0, IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N2,                       &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_L0, IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_L1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_C0,                       &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_T0
 !                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_X4,IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_X5, &
 !                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_X6,                      &
-!                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N1, &
 !                     IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N3, &
 END INTERFACE IO_READ_FIELD_LFI
 !
@@ -481,6 +480,42 @@ IF (ALLOCATED(IWORK)) DEALLOCATE(IWORK)
 END SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N0
 !
 !
+SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N1(TPFILE,TPFIELD,KFIELD,KRESP)
+USE MODD_FM
+USE MODD_CONFZ, ONLY : NZ_VERB
+USE MODE_MSG
+!
+IMPLICIT NONE
+!
+!*      0.1   Declarations of arguments
+!
+TYPE(TFILEDATA),     INTENT(IN)    :: TPFILE
+TYPE(TFIELDDATA),    INTENT(INOUT) :: TPFIELD
+INTEGER,DIMENSION(:),INTENT(OUT)   :: KFIELD  ! array containing the data field
+INTEGER,             INTENT(OUT)   :: KRESP   ! return-code if problems occured
+!
+!*      0.2   Declarations of local variables
+!
+INTEGER(KIND=LFI_INT)                    :: IRESP,ITOTAL
+INTEGER                                  :: ILENG
+INTEGER(KIND=8),DIMENSION(:),ALLOCATABLE :: IWORK
+LOGICAL                                  :: GGOOD
+!
+CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_DEBUG,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N1',TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': reading '//TRIM(TPFIELD%CMNHNAME))
+!
+ILENG = SIZE(KFIELD)
+!
+CALL IO_READ_CHECK_FIELD_LFI(TPFILE,TPFIELD,ILENG,IWORK,ITOTAL,IRESP,GGOOD)
+!
+IF (GGOOD) KFIELD(:) = IWORK(IWORK(2)+3:)
+!
+KRESP=IRESP
+!
+IF (ALLOCATED(IWORK)) DEALLOCATE(IWORK)
+!
+END SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N1
+!
+!
 SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_LFI_N2(TPFILE,TPFIELD,KFIELD,KRESP)
 USE MODD_FM
 USE MODD_CONFZ, ONLY : NZ_VERB
diff --git a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_netcdf.f90 b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_netcdf.f90
index bc491f914133037e785e834e5e2962ccd4d66b33..db19a7a8e72cc46a8833379c70171954bd24e1a5 100644
--- a/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_netcdf.f90
+++ b/src/LIB/SURCOUCHE/src/mode_netcdf.f90
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ END INTERFACE IO_WRITE_FIELD_NC4
 INTERFACE IO_READ_FIELD_NC4
    MODULE PROCEDURE IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_X0,IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_X1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_X2,IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_X3, &
-                    IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N0,                      &
+                    IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N0,IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N2,                      &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_L0,IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_L1, &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_C0,                      &
                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_T0
 !                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_X4,IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_X5, &
 !                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_X6,                      &
-!                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1,                      &
 !                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N3, &
 !                     IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_C1, &
 END INTERFACE IO_READ_FIELD_NC4
@@ -3175,6 +3174,74 @@ KRESP = IRESP
 
 END SUBROUTINE NCREADN1
 
+SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1(TPFILE, TPFIELD, KFIELD, KRESP)
+TYPE(TFILEDATA),         INTENT(IN)    :: TPFILE
+TYPE(TFIELDDATA),        INTENT(INOUT) :: TPFIELD
+INTEGER, DIMENSION(:),   INTENT(OUT)   :: KFIELD
+INTEGER,                 INTENT(OUT)   :: KRESP  ! return-code
+
+INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND) :: STATUS
+INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND) :: INCID
+INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND) :: IVARID
+INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND) :: ITYPE   ! variable type
+INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND) :: IDIMS   ! number of dimensions
+INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND),DIMENSION(NF90_MAX_VAR_DIMS) :: IVDIMS
+CHARACTER(LEN=30)        :: YVARNAME
+INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND) :: IDIMLEN
+INTEGER                  :: IRESP
+
+CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_DEBUG,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1',TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': reading '//TRIM(TPFIELD%CMNHNAME))
+
+IRESP = 0
+! Get the Netcdf file ID
+INCID = TPFILE%NNCID
+
+CALL CLEANMNHNAME(TPFIELD%CMNHNAME,YVARNAME)
+
+! Get variable ID, NDIMS and TYPE
+STATUS = NF90_INQ_VARID(INCID, YVARNAME, IVARID)
+IF (STATUS /= NF90_NOERR) THEN
+  CALL HANDLE_ERR(status,__LINE__,'IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1[NF90_INQ_VARID] '//TRIM(YVARNAME),IRESP)
+  GOTO 1000
+END IF
+STATUS = NF90_INQUIRE_VARIABLE(INCID, IVARID, XTYPE=ITYPE, NDIMS=IDIMS, DIMIDS=IVDIMS)
+IF (STATUS /= NF90_NOERR) CALL HANDLE_ERR(STATUS,__LINE__,'IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1[NF90_INQUIRE_VARIABLE] '//TRIM(YVARNAME))
+
+!NF90_INT1 is for the case a boolean was written
+#ifndef MNH_INT8
+IF (IDIMS == 1 .AND. (ITYPE == NF90_INT .OR. ITYPE == NF90_INT1) ) THEN
+#else
+IF (IDIMS == 1 .AND. (ITYPE == NF90_INT64 .OR. ITYPE == NF90_INT1) ) THEN
+#endif
+  ! Check size of variable before reading
+  STATUS = NF90_INQUIRE_DIMENSION(INCID, IVDIMS(1), LEN=IDIMLEN)
+  IF (STATUS /= NF90_NOERR) CALL HANDLE_ERR(status,__LINE__,'IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1[NF90_INQUIRE_DIMENSION] '//TRIM(YVARNAME))
+
+  IF (IDIMLEN == SIZE(KFIELD)) THEN
+    ! Read variable
+    STATUS = NF90_GET_VAR(INCID, IVARID, KFIELD)
+    IF (STATUS /= NF90_NOERR) THEN
+      CALL HANDLE_ERR(status,__LINE__,'IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1[NF90_GET_VAR] '//TRIM(YVARNAME),IRESP)
+      GOTO 1000
+    END IF
+    ! Read and check attributes of variable
+    CALL IO_READ_CHECK_FIELD_ATTR_NC4(TPFIELD,INCID,IVARID,IRESP)
+  ELSE
+    CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_ERROR,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1',TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': '//TRIM(YVARNAME)// &
+                                                           ' not read (wrong size)')
+    IRESP = -3
+  END IF
+ELSE
+  CALL PRINT_MSG(NVERB_ERROR,'IO','IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1',TRIM(TPFILE%CNAME)//': '//TRIM(YVARNAME)// &
+                                                         ' not read (wrong number of dimensions or wrong type)')
+  IRESP = -3
+END IF
+
+1000 CONTINUE
+KRESP = IRESP
+
+END SUBROUTINE IO_READ_FIELD_NC4_N1
+
 SUBROUTINE NCREADN2(KNCID, HVARNAME, KFIELD, TPFMH, KRESP)
 USE MODD_FM, ONLY : FMHEADER, JPXKRK
 INTEGER(KIND=IDCDF_KIND),INTENT(IN) :: KNCID