From 24d44ca429e9b13e6ef5c4abfb3125a184d713cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Apoorva Singh <apoorvasingh@Apoorvas-MacBook-Pro.local>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:57:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix small mistake in area.py

---
 aurora/area.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aurora/area.py b/aurora/area.py
index 3abeef71..1319912e 100644
--- a/aurora/area.py
+++ b/aurora/area.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def compute_patch_areas(lat: torch.Tensor, lon: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
     """
     if not (lat.dim() == lon.dim() == 2):
         raise ValueError("`lat` and `lon` must both be matrices.")
-    if lat.shape != lat.shape:
+    if lat.shape != lon.shape:
         raise ValueError("`lat` and `lon` must have the same shape.")
 
     # Check that the latitude matrix is decreasing in the appropriate way.