  The Schroedinger equation for the charmonium and bottomonium states at finite
temperature is solved by employing an effective temperature dependent potential
given by a linear combination of the color singlet free and internal energies
obtained on the lattice from the Polyakov loop correlation functions. The
melting temperatures and other properties of the quarkonium states are
evaluated. The consistency of the potential model approach with the available
lattice data on the quarkonium temporal correlators and spectral functions is
explored.
