diff --git a/advection/src/icon4py/advection/set_zero_c.py b/advection/src/icon4py/advection/set_zero_c.py
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+# ICON4Py - ICON inspired code in Python and GT4Py
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022, ETH Zurich and MeteoSwiss
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later
+# version. See the LICENSE.txt file at the top-level directory of this
+# distribution for a copy of the license or check <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from functional.common import Field
+from functional.ffront.decorator import field_operator, program
+from functional.ffront.fbuiltins import broadcast
+
+from icon4py.common.dimension import CellDim
+
+
+@field_operator
+def _set_zero_c() -> Field[[CellDim], float]:
+    return broadcast(0.0, (CellDim, ))
+
+
+@program
+def set_zero_c(field: Field[[CellDim], float]):
+    _set_zero_c(out=field)
diff --git a/advection/src/icon4py/advection/set_zero_c_k.py b/advection/src/icon4py/advection/set_zero_c_k.py
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+# ICON4Py - ICON inspired code in Python and GT4Py
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022, ETH Zurich and MeteoSwiss
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later
+# version. See the LICENSE.txt file at the top-level directory of this
+# distribution for a copy of the license or check <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from functional.common import Field
+from functional.ffront.decorator import field_operator, program
+from functional.ffront.fbuiltins import broadcast
+
+from icon4py.common.dimension import CellDim, KDim
+
+
+@field_operator
+def _set_zero_c_k() -> Field[[CellDim, KDim], float]:
+    return broadcast(0.0, (CellDim, KDim))
+
+
+@program
+def set_zero_c_k(field: Field[[CellDim, KDim], float]):
+    _set_zero_c_k(out=field)
diff --git a/advection/tests/test_set_zero_c.py b/advection/tests/test_set_zero_c.py
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+# ICON4Py - ICON inspired code in Python and GT4Py
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022, ETH Zurich and MeteoSwiss
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later
+# version. See the LICENSE.txt file at the top-level directory of this
+# distribution for a copy of the license or check <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from icon4py.advection.set_zero_c import set_zero_c
+from icon4py.common.dimension import CellDim
+from icon4py.testutils.simple_mesh import SimpleMesh
+from icon4py.testutils.utils import random_field, zero_field
+
+
+def test_set_zero_cell_k():
+    mesh = SimpleMesh()
+    field = random_field(mesh, CellDim)
+
+    set_zero_c(field, offset_provider={})
+    assert np.allclose(field, zero_field(mesh, CellDim))
diff --git a/advection/tests/test_set_zero_c_k.py b/advection/tests/test_set_zero_c_k.py
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+# ICON4Py - ICON inspired code in Python and GT4Py
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022, ETH Zurich and MeteoSwiss
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later
+# version. See the LICENSE.txt file at the top-level directory of this
+# distribution for a copy of the license or check <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from icon4py.advection.set_zero_c_k import set_zero_c_k
+from icon4py.common.dimension import CellDim, KDim
+from icon4py.testutils.simple_mesh import SimpleMesh
+from icon4py.testutils.utils import random_field, zero_field
+
+
+def test_set_zero_c_k():
+    mesh = SimpleMesh()
+    field = random_field(mesh, CellDim, KDim)
+
+    set_zero_c_k(field, offset_provider={})
+    assert np.allclose(field, zero_field(mesh, CellDim, KDim))