A bit different dynamics, but this has me thinking of snow fences or drift fences that are strategically placed to cause drifts in specified places (on the immediate lee side of the fence) while keeping other places further lee side (like roads) windswept and relatively free from snow. This is a video from an area about an hour from where I live:
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