instantaneous liquid velocity fields at the film, nose and tail regions of slugs in horizontal and inclined two phase flow. To this end, a combination of three nonintrusive optical techniques was employed. Two-dimensional particle image velocimetry (PIV) was used to measure the instantaneous liquid velocity field at a meridional plane of the horizontal pipe test section, while a synchronized pulsed back lighting, provided by a matrix of red LED s, illuminated the bubble contours thereby enhancing contrast of the interfaces (Pulsed Shadow Technique - PST). A laser-induced fluorescence technique (LIF) was employed to separate the strong reflections coming from the gas-liquid interfaces produced by the green PIV laser, The tests were conducted on a specially built transparent pipe test section, using air and water as the working fluids. The velocity fields were obtained for flow regimes where the slugs were lightly aerated. The velocity field results in the nose, tail and film regions revealed valuable detailed information that helped to better understand the physics of the flow, besides contributing to the formation of a data bank for supporting the development of two-phase, horizontal slug flow simulations. The work conducted also provided statistical information on the main global variables that characterize the flow, such as, speed and length of gas bubbles and liquid slugs, and the frequency of passage of these structures.