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Caption: Figure 4.
Schematic overview of the kcwiulb pipeline. The framework operates on standard KCWI DRP outputs and applies four processing stages: preprocessing and astrometric refinement, mode- and channel-dependent sky subtraction, covariance-aware coaddition, and post-co-added signal extraction. The sky-subtraction stage is the dominant component of the pipeline and is implemented differently for KCWI-blue, KCWI-red, and NAS observations, addressing the distinct systematics in each configuration.
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