From 3c881f544f60f2cab1ea5647f9432d1c248bf43b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ansgar Wehrhahn <31626864+AWehrhahn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 16:32:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] limit lower abundance for proper line formation

---
 src/pysme/sme_synth.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pysme/sme_synth.py b/src/pysme/sme_synth.py
index df31ecde..cb9edb29 100644
--- a/src/pysme/sme_synth.py
+++ b/src/pysme/sme_synth.py
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ def InputAbund(self, abund):
             abundance structure to be passed (see Abund for more details)
         """
         abund = abund("sme", raw=True)
+        # TODO: does this make sense or should we fix the C code?
+        abund[np.isnan(abund)] = -12
         _smelib.InputAbund(abund)
 
     def Opacity(self):