I.1. Wavenumber Spectrum Estimation from Irregularly Spaced Data: Application to PIV Data Processing -- I.2. PIV Error Correction -- I.3. Effect of Sensor Geometry on the Performance of PIV Interrogation -- I.4. Micron-Resolution Velocimetry Techniques -- I.5. PIV in Two-Phase Flows: Simultaneous Bubble Sizing and Liquid Velocity Measurements -- I.6. Measuring Water Temperatures by Means of Linear Raman Spectroscopy -- I.7. A New Approach to Eliminate the Measurement Volume Effect in P DA Measurements -- I.8. Concentration Measurement by Molecular Absorption Using Narrow Band Tunable Infrared Laser -- II.1. The Kármán Vortex Street - LD V and P IV Measurements Compared with CFD -- II.2. A Flow Structure at Reattachment Region of a Two-Dimensional BackwardFacing Step by Using Advanced Multi-Point LDV -- II.3. PIV Measurements of Turbulence Statistics in the Three-Dimensional Flow Over a Surface-Mounted Obstacle -- II.4. Turbulence Analysis of the BFS with Iterative Multigrid PIV Image Processing -- II.5. Characterization of a Bluff Body Wake Using LD V and PIV Techniques -- II.6. Reynolds Number Dependence of Near Wall Turbulent Statistics in Channel Flows -- II.7. Weakly Interacting Two Parallel Plane Jets -- III.1. Instantaneous Doppler Global Velocimetry Measurements of a Rotor Wake: Lessons Learned -- III.2. LDV-Measurements on a High-Lift Configuration with Separation Control -- III.3. Flow Field in the Vicinity of a Thick Cambered Trailing Edge -- III.4. Instantaneous Flow Field Measurements for Propeller Aircraft and Rotorcraft Research -- IV.1. Analysis of Orderliness in Higher Instabilities Toward the Occurrence of Chaos in a Taylor-Couette Flow System -- IV.2. Experimental Investigations on Nonlinear Behaviour of Baroclinic Waves -- IV.3. Dissipation Estimation Around a Rushton Turbine Using Particle Image Velocimetry -- IV.4. Visualization of the Trailing Vortex System Produced by a Pitched Blade Turbine Using a Refractive Index Matched Automated LDA-Technique -- IV.5. Phase-Resolved Three-Dimensional LDA Measurements in the Impeller Region of a Turbulently Stirred Tank -- V.1. On the Extension of a Laser-Doppler Velocimeter to the Analysis of Oscillating Flames -- V.2. Liquid-Fuelled Flames with Imposed Air Oscillations -- V.3. Application of New Light Collecting Probe with High Spatial Resolution to Spark-Ignited Spherical Flames -- V.4. Laser Ignition of Single Magnesium Particles -- V.5. PIV Measurements During Combustion in a Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine -- V.6. In-Cylinder Measurements of Mixture Composition for Investigation of Residual Gas Scavenging -- V.7. Laser Diagnostics of Nitric Oxide Inside a Two-Stroke DI Diesel Engine -- V.8. Investigation of Oil Transport Mechanisms on the Piston Second Land of a Single Cylinder Diesel Engine, Using Two-Dimensional-Laser-Induced Fluorescence -- V.9. Simultaneous Planar OH and Temperature Measurementsfor the Detection of Lifted Reaction Zones in Premixed Bluff-Body Stabilized Flames -- VI.1. Molten Metal Atomization by Inert Gases: Off-Line and On-Line Metal Powder Characterization by PDA -- VI.2. Effect of Variable Liquid Properties on the Flow Structure within Shear-Driven Wall Films -- VI.3. Some Aspects of Electrohydrodynamic Spraying in Cone-Jet Mode -- VI.4. The Velocity Field in an Air-Blasted Liquid Sheet -- VI.5. Measurements of Film Characteristics Along a Stationary Taylor Bubble Using Laser Induced Fluorescence -- VI.6. Experimental Analysis of a Confined Bluff Body Flow Laden with Solid Particles -- VI.7. 3-D Measurements of Bubble Motion and Wake Structure in Two-Phase Flows Using 3-D Scanning Particle-Image-Velocimetry (3-D SPIV) and Stereo-Imaging -- Author Index.