From 63955c258f3e4114ef2c894aa2a2423508611b93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ansgar Wehrhahn <31626864+AWehrhahn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 16:35:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix the lower abundance limit

---
 src/pysme/sme_synth.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pysme/sme_synth.py b/src/pysme/sme_synth.py
index cb9edb29..617fef2f 100644
--- a/src/pysme/sme_synth.py
+++ b/src/pysme/sme_synth.py
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ def InputAbund(self, abund):
         """
         abund = abund("sme", raw=True)
         # TODO: does this make sense or should we fix the C code?
-        abund[np.isnan(abund)] = -12
+        abund[np.isnan(abund)] = -13
+        abund[abund < -13] = -13
+
         _smelib.InputAbund(abund)
 
     def Opacity(self):