From 756a7a4894e7d9435ea43faeb0c3df9e08c2183a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJKhattak-NOAA <ajkhattak@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 16:45:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update src/soil_moisture_profile.cxx

modified condition to check negative values as well.

Co-authored-by: Austin Raney <austin.raney@noaa.gov>
---
 src/soil_moisture_profile.cxx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/soil_moisture_profile.cxx b/src/soil_moisture_profile.cxx
index 4c8b19c..b0d1189 100644
--- a/src/soil_moisture_profile.cxx
+++ b/src/soil_moisture_profile.cxx
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ ReadVectorData(string param_name, string param_value)
   
   if (z1.find(delimiter) == string::npos) {
     double v = stod(z1);
-    if (v == 0.0) {
+    if (v <= 0.0) {
       stringstream errMsg;
       errMsg << "Input provided in the config file for parameter "<< param_name << " is " << v << ". It should be positive."<< "\n";
       throw runtime_error(errMsg.str());