Abstract. We suggest a method for monitoring concentration dependences of the light scattering occurring in gradient solutions prepared by diffusion in the gravitational field. In this method, an electronic speckle-pattern interferometry (ESPI) approach is employed for non-contact measurements of spatial distribution of the solution concentrations. The method is applied to water-glycerol solutions. It has enabled us to study, in a simple way, the anomalous scattering peaks hardly observable with common techniques. The data obtained using our method are well reproducible and reliable.