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However, the motion-induced object-displacement compensation performance of this technique is significantly affected by velocity estimation errors. This thesis also presents an estimation-theoretic moving-target SAR imaging framework which uses a multi-dimensional matched-filter for computing a set of scatterer-velocity estimates which are used as initial conditions for an L1-norm-based estimation algorithm which assumes that the target scatterers have temporally-constant spatially-independent velocities. Therefore, this framework is able to image a moving target and nearby high-amplitude stationary clutter simultaneously. This framework also shows potential for imaging targets with non-rigid body motion. 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Some results are included which demonstrate the utility of this approach for reducing sidelobes and improving resolution for stationary SAR images. A parameterized L-norm-based moving-target imaging technique is also presented. For the case of a single moving target, this technique is able to compensate for the blurring due to temporally-constant velocity rigid-body motion (even if the target scatterers are closely-spaced). However, the motion-induced object-displacement compensation performance of this technique is significantly affected by velocity estimation errors. This thesis also presents an estimation-theoretic moving-target SAR imaging framework which uses a multi-dimensional matched-filter for computing a set of scatterer-velocity estimates which are used as initial conditions for an L1-norm-based estimation algorithm which assumes that the target scatterers have temporally-constant spatially-independent velocities. 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